VFC Program Letters

• Guidance on MMRV Vaccine Recommendations and Coverage February 5
• 2026 VFC Recertification is Open and Due January 30, 2026 January 14
• Clesrovimab (Enflonsia™) Now Available from VFC for Prevention of Severe RSV Disease in Infants October 17

VFC Program Updates

• Continue Immunizing Infants through April 2026 with RSV Monoclonal Antibodies (PDF) March 12
• Flumist Replacement Program for CDC (PDF) December 29
• RSV, Flu, COVID-19 Vaccine, Reporting Clinic Closures & Shipment Incidents, Cooler Returns (PDF) August 26

If you are having difficulty accessing documents on this website please call 510-620-3737 or email ImmunizationBranch@cdph.ca.gov to request information in an alternate format.

VFC Archived Memos

Order Processing Updates:

The Vaccines for Children (VFC) Program is currently not experiencing any delays in order review. Please note if you have an order in “Corrections Needed” status, review your order as soon as you have a chance and re-submit with corrections to prevent additional delays in fulfillment of your order. Providers can expect to receive their vaccines within 14 days after receiving the order processed notification. Please contact us at the VFC Customer Service Center if vaccines have not arrived within two weeks of your order processed confirmation.

Regular Vaccine Supply Information:

Td Vaccine:

Hib Vaccine

As of February 20, 2024, Hiberix (NDC 58160-0818-11) is no longer available. The new presentation of Hiberix (NDC 58160-0726-15) will be available to order starting March 1, 2024. Alternate brands of Hib are still available to order (ActHIB and PedvaxHib).

RSV

Nirsevimab/Beyfortus™: Both 50 and 100mg presentations have begun to ship for providers that submitted their pre-book requests. For providers that did not submit a pre-book request, doses will be allocated to your location based on available supply.

Clesrovimab/Enflonsia™: Shipments have started for Providers that pre-booked this product. Providers that did not pre-book this product can contact the VFC Program at MyVFCVaccines@cdph.ca.gov to request an allocation. Allocations are not guaranteed and will be approved on a case-by-case basis, as well as based on available supply.

COVID-19 Vaccine:

2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine: Please remove any remaining doses of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine products from your inventory. As you complete a return form in myCAvax, report them as spoiled and return to McKesson like you would any other unopened spoiled or expired vaccine. Please view the Recording Returns and Waste job aid (myCAvax login credentials required). The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine products will remain on the order form only to report doses administered since your last order prior to deauthorization. Do NOT report those as on-hand inventory. Enter zero if not applicable.

2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccine: Now available to order. Please see the table above for available products.

Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine

As of September 1, 2023, Prevnar 13 is no longer available. However, Prevnar 20 (NDC: 00005-2000-10) and Vaxneuvance (NDC: 00006-4329-03) are still available for ordering.

Meningococcal Vaccine:

As of August 9, 2024, MenQuadfi Single Dose Vials – 5 per box (NDC 49281-0590-05) presentation has been discontinued and is no longer available. An alternate presentation of MenQuadfi Single Dose Vials – 10 per box (NDC 49281-0590-10) is available.

As of September 1, 2023, the new Menveo one-vial is available for ordering through the VFC Program. However, the existing Menveo two-vial presentation will be available in limited amounts, and it will be important to target this product for use in children aged 2 months through 2 years of age at high risk for Meningococcal disease.  This product is the only meningococcal conjugate vaccine approved for use in this age group. Requests for the limited Menveo two-vial vaccine will have a minimum order size of 1 dose with a maximum request of 5 doses. 

As of June 2, 2022, Menactra has been discontinued and is no longer available. However, Menveo and MenQuadfi are available to order.

Rotavirus Vaccine:

As of March 6, 2023, ROTARIX (NDC 58160-0854-52, a vial and oral dosing applicator) is discontinued and no longer available. However, ROTARIX (NDC 58160-0740-21, an oral dosing applicator only presentation) is available to order.

Influenza Vaccine Supply Information:

The VFC Program still has flu doses available for the 2025-2026 flu season. Please feel free to submit your order up to the amounts allocated to your location.

FluMist® is no longer available for the season as of January 12, 2026. If you have VFC FluMist doses that expire on or before February 1, 2026, you can still request replacement doses with a longer expiration date through the FluMist Replacement Program.

PREVENT DELAYS:

• Login to myCAvax to verify that your clinic’s hours of operation are updated. This ensures a timely delivery of your vaccine shipments and prevents undeliverable shipment attempts which may lead to vaccine being spoiled.

Additional Resources

• Vaccine Management
• Storage and Handling Job Aids
• VFC Vaccine Orders

2025

• Upcoming System Maintenance – Vaccine Orders and Waste Returns and Pharmacy Law DMHC APL and Medi-Cal Rx Alert September 24
• Monthly Immunization Wrap Up September 19
• Important Archiving Update September 18
• COVID Vaccine Update September 8
• myCAvax Release Notes 60 for Providers September 5
• Register Now: Boosting Community Trust in Vaccines – Lunch & Learn Webinar Series September 2
• Provider Call Center Closed on Monday, September First, Important Webinar Video Recordings and Slide Deck Links, National Immunization Awareness Month: Older Adults August 27
• Remembering Officer David Rose, RSV IZ Updates, ACOG and CDPH Webinar, SCRL and School Reporting Updates August 22
• National Immunization Awareness Month Infants and Young Children. Strenghtening Immunization Efforts Women Infants and Children (WIC) Program in California Webinar August 20
• Prenatal Immunizations Matter! CDPH Immunization Monthly Updates for Providers Webinars Reminder. Mark Your Calendar for these Upcoming Webinars August 13
• Provider Update: National Immunization Awareness Month (Adolescents). CA HPV Vaccine Week, Adolescent IZ, and Measles Webinars August 6
• National immunization Awareness Month (Adolescents) CA HPV Vaccine Week| Adolescent IZ and Measles Webinar August 6
• myCavax Release Notes 59 for Providers August 1
• Provider Update: Upcoming Webinars: Affirming Maternal Vaccination Against Seasonal Respiratory Illness | Communication Strategies to Build Trust and Address Misinformation July 24
• Thank You for Back-to-School Immunizations, Updated Older Adult RSV IZ Recommendation, New Penmenvy Recommendations, COVID-19 Dashboard Coming Soon, COVID-19 Vaccines, Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Week, and VFC Flu Improvement Project Highlights July 18
• Provider Update_ Upcoming Holiday Closure and Vaccine Delivery Hold July 2
• Weekly Wrap Up_ ACIP Meeting Updates; Pharmacies Report Immunization to State Registry; VFC Program Updates June 27
• Immunizations Before Summer Travel – Weekly Wrap Up is Changing – ACOG’s Maternal Immunization Social Media Toolkit June 25
• Critical Conversations Webinar Friday – Juneteenth Vaccine Deliveries – Planned VTrckS Downtime June 18
• Weekly Wrap Up_ CDPH Continues Efforts to Protect All Californians at Risk from COVID-19 Disease; Messages from CDPH Office of Communication; VFC Program Updates June 13
• Weekly Wrap Up_ Critical Conversations Webinar; How to Build Trust in Public Health Guidance Webinar; Closing Gaps in HPV Vaccination and HPV Cancers Webinar June 6
• SGF myCAvax Enrollment Process Webinar – Critical Conversations Webinar June 4
• Weekly Wrap Up_ Timing and Administration of COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV Immunizations; Updated Measles Toolkit; VFC Ordering Updates May 30
• Hepatitis Awareness and AAPI Heritage Month – Measles Toolkit in Multiple Languages May 21
• Weekly Wrap Up_ ACIP Meeting Updates; Paxlovid and Post-PREP COVID-19 Vaccine Policy Updates May 16
• Updated Vaccine Safety FAQs Webpage – Provider Webinar Friday – Measles Webinars May 14
• Weekly Wrap Up_ Immunizations Before Summer Travel; Immunization Champion Award; New Dose Regimen May 9
• Summer Travel Immunizations – CDPH IZ Updates for Providers Next Week – Measles Webinar May 7
• Weekly Wrap Up Immunization Messages and Resources; VFA Ordering Open; Immunization Champion Award May 2
• VFA Vaccine Ordering Open – CDPH Immunization Updates for Providers Webinar Cancelled May 1
• Weekly Wrap Up: National Infant Immunization and World Immunization Week – ACIP Votes – Measles Update April 18
• Upcoming Provider Webinar, Friday, April 18, 2025 April 17
• Weekly Wrap Up: ACIP Meeting Reminder – Measles Updates – DTap, Tdap and Catch Up Schedules – IZ Champion Award April 11
• Immunization Champion Award – Call for Nominations April 8
• Weekly Wrap Up: Adolescent Immunization Action Week; DTap, Tdap and Catch-up Schedules; Measles Updates April 4
• Adolescent Immunization Action Week 2025 – Upcoming Provider Webinar, Friday, April 4, 2025 April 2
• Weekly Wrap Up: ACIP Meeting Rescheduled; HPV Vaccine; Cesar Chavez Holiday March 28
• HPV Vaccine Updates – Upcoming CDPH Holiday – Webinar Reminder March 26
• World TB Day: TB Screening for Preventative Care March 24
• Weekly Wrap Up: Recent Health Alerts and Guidance on MMR; Nirsevimab Administration End of Season; Novavax Expiration Dates March 21
• Welcome Dr. Erica Pan to this Friday’s CDPH Immunization Updates for Providers – March 21, 2025 March 18
• Weekly Wrap Up: Measles and Traveling Abroad; Low or No Cost Vaccines; Emergency Prescription Access Program Closing March 14
• Protect Against Measles Before Travel Abroad – Crucial Conversations – 2nd COVID-19 Dose For Adults 65+ – Upcoming Provider Webinar March 12
• Weekly Wrap Up: Effective Communication Without Confrontation Webinar; MMR Vaccination Reminders; RSV Immunization Reminder March 7
• HPV Awareness Day – Upcoming Crucial Conversations – Continue Ordering Flu Vaccines – CDPH Immunization Updates for Providers this Friday March 4
• Weekly Wrap Up: Flu Levels are Still High; Put Measles on the Spot; CIC Summit February 28
• Put Measles on the Spot – Recall Children Who Still Need Their 2nd Dose of Flu Vaccine – New Meningitis Storyon ShotByShot.Org – CDPH Immunization Updates for Providers Webinar Friday, March 7, 2025 February 27
• Weekly Wrap Up: ACIP Meeting Postponed; Continue Administering RSV Immunization until March 31; CDPH MMR Vaccine Resources February 21
• Upcoming Provider Webinar - New Tools for MMR Vaccine – RSV Immunization through March 31 February 20
• Weekly Wrap Up: Flu Rate is High Messaging; Crucial Conversations Webinar; Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine February 14
• Weekly Wrap Up: February is Black History Month; It’s Not Too Late to Vaccinate; VFC, VFA, LHD 317 Recertification February 7
• Tools to Communicate the Importance of Flu Vaccine – Upcoming Provider Webinars – Updated 2025 Block Schedule Available in Spanish February 6
• Weekly Wrap Up: MMR Messaging; Vaccines during Pregnancy; Pre-Book 2025-2026 VFC Flu Vaccine January 31
• Flu Activity Surging – My Turn Office Hours, Friday, February 7, 2025 – Immunization Updates for Providers January 30
• Weekly Wrap Up: Respiratory Virus Season Updates; Pharmacy Updates; Updated 2025 Block Schedule Available January 24
• Upcoming Provider Webinar – My Turn Office Hour – Updated 2025 Block Schedule January 22
• Weekly Wrap Up: Emergency Vaccine Management; California DVR Messaging; RSV Vaccine for VFC-Eligible Pregnant Teens January 17
• Vaccine Management Following an Emergency or Power Outage, Clinic Operation Status Survey, Need for Additional Vaccine Supply January 15
• Temporary Vaccine Shipment Holds in LA, Pasadena, and Long Beach January 13
• Weekly Wrap Up: Respiratory Illness Updates – Adolescent Immunization Action Week – Tdap Vaccination for Whooping Cough January 10
• Upcoming Provider Webinar – Whooping Cough – myCAvax, My Turn Maintenance January 8
• Weekly Wrap Up: It’s Not Too Late for Fall and Winter Vaccines; Protect your Patients and their Babies; My Turn Clinic Webinar January 3