Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued updated guidelines for vaccination against the disease of hepatitis B virus. The agency has supplemented the new guidelines with...
The recommendations specify that adults 19 through 59 years of age and adults 60 years of age and older with risk factors for HBV should receive the vaccine. The recommendations also state adults 60 years of age and older without known risk factors for HBV “may receive” the vacci...
In 1986, a new version of the vaccine was developed, Merck’s Recombivax B. Whereas the older version was made using blood plasma, the new version contained genetically engineered viral proteins. Despite the CDC’s recommendations, no studies were done to determine the safety of vaccinating preg...
The CDC recently issued guidance on screening for hepatitis B infection. Here’s a look at how (and why) these recommendations differ from those of the USPSTF. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new recommendations on screening for hepatit...
(IIV4s). High-dose (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted (aIIV3) inactivated influenza vaccines will be available in trivalent formulations. Recombinant (RIV4) and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4; intranasal vaccine) will be available in quadrivalent formulations," ACIP explains in the recommendations...
Originally, Arexvy was the only FDA-approved RSV vaccine for older adults. However, since this approval, two other RSV vaccines have come to market. The Pfizer RSV vaccine, Abrysvo, is also a protein subunit vaccine. The CDC estimates the effectiveness of protein subunit RS...
Recommendations for when you should get your flu vaccine remain the same – September and October are still considered the optimal times. August vaccinations aren’t recommended unless someone is in their third trimester of pregnancy or for children who will need two doses of the vaccine or those...
during sex and from mother to child during pregnancy or delivery. But many people with hepatitis B have no obvious risk factors and do not know how they acquired the virus. Vaccination can prevent hepatitis B, and the vaccineis now recommendedfor all infants, children and adults up to age ...
Understanding the potential risks associated with pneumococcal disease, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provided newrecommendations to improve vaccine coverage and protection among adults. Previously, the committee recommended up to two doses of the PPSV23 vaccine...
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