[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 88 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23031-23032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11371]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Vaccine Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Vaccine 
Safety and Communication Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) announces the following Federal advisory Subcommittee 
meeting.

NAME: National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) Subcommittee on 
Vaccine Safety and Communications.

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m.--5 p.m., June 5, 2001.

PLACE: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 200 Independence Avenue, 
SW, Washington, DC 20201.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

NOTICE: In the interest of security, the Department has instituted 
stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. Humphrey Building by 
non-government employees. Thus, persons without a government 
identification card should plan to arrive at the building between 12:30 
p.m. and 1 p.m. Entrance to the meeting at other times during the day 
cannot be assured.

STATUS: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

PURPOSE: This Subcommittee reviews issues relevant to vaccine safety 
and adverse reactions to vaccines.

MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED: Review of the agenda; review of National 
Infant Immunization Week; discussion on strengthening the vaccine 
supply; follow-up to the ``Workshop on Vaccine Communications'; review 
of the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report on Measles-Mumps-Rubella 
Vaccine and Autism, discussion of the process for suggesting and 
selecting immunization safety issues for review by the IOM in 2002; 
public comment on immunization safety issues for review in 2002; and 
committee discussion.

    Special Note: The Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety and 
Communications will provide a forum for input from the public 
regarding potential issues and topics for

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review in 2002 by the IOM's Immunization Safety Review Committee. 
This will be the first opportunity for the public to provide 
comments on the hypotheses that are being considered for future 
review.

    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate. A 
complete meeting agenda of the Subcommittee on VaccineSafety and 
Communications can be found on the NationalVaccine Program Office's web 
site at www.cdc.gov/od/nvpo/calendar.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Ms. Shaunette Crawford, Associate 
Director for Health Communications and Legislation, NVPO, CDC, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE, M/S D-66, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/687-
6672.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 1, 2001.
John Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 01-11371 Filed 5-4-01; 8:45 am]
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