we would expect there to be another cycle of outbreaks. So the goal here is to catch them up on their vaccination at a time when we know that they are more likely to seek medical care with the expectation that the vaccine will last long enough that when they get to their...
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices CDC Advisors Back Updated COVID, Flu Vaccines for the Fall ACIP also votes to recommend new pneumococcal vaccine for adults
Monovalent HepB vaccine should be used for doses administered before age 6 weeks. ? Infants who did not receive a birth dose should receive 3 doses of a HepB-containing vaccine on a schedule of 0, 1 to 2 months, and 6 months starting as soon as feasible. See Figure 2. ? Administer...
Universal vaccination of the new born will prevent HBV infection during early childhood and, assuming that children receive the three dosages of the vaccine, it will also prevent adolescent and adult infections. Hepatitis B vaccination is now recommended as part of a comprehensive strategy to ...
A few updates were made to the seasonal influenza vaccine recommendations for the 2021-2022 influenza season, although routine annual influenza vaccination still is recommended for all persons aged 6 months and older who do not have contraindications. As in the past, no preferential recommendation is...
Topics include hepatitis B vaccination in patients with diabetes, meningococcal vaccine, and vaccine schedules for children, adolescents, and adults. Moreover, it mentions the application of Pfizer...
In other meeting news, the ACIP also voted unanimously to recommend that the combined diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis, inactivated poliovirus, Haemophilus influenza type b conjugate and hepatitis type B vaccine (DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB) (Vaxelis) should be included with PRP-OMP ...