The APHA Governing Council will be considering approval of a position statement on “Annual Influenza Vaccination of Health Workers” at its annual meeting next week in Denver. The proposed position statement “provides an up-to-date influenza-specific context for APHA’s longstanding policy recommending vaccination requirements for healthcare and laboratory workers and students for all vaccine-preventable diseases. APHA said public debate open to all conference attendees will take place Sunday afternoon (7 November 2010); the Governing Council will vote on the position statement on Tuesday (8 November 2010). The draft position statement is available at:   http://www.apha.org/NR/rdonlyres/FAD4A159-875C-4186-8B46-5B300DA1E37A/0/D1Resubmission.pdf.  Please see Event Watch below for information on the APHA meeting.