CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
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...
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its latest round of recommendations regardingseasonal influenzavaccines, the document contained one notable update: flu vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines can now be given simultaneously. This change stands in marked contrast to previous re...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took offline recommendations on how doctors should treat sexually transmitted infections and vaccinate adults Friday, as part of a sweeping purge of all mentions of "gender"from federal websitesordered by the Trump administration this week. "Doctors in e...
If H3N2 viruses continue to circulate prominently, the 2014-2015 influenza season could be severe. In addition, most of the H3N2 viruses that have been antigenically or genetically characterized at CDC are different or "drifted" from the H3N2 vaccine virus. During past flu seasons when the ...
In the past, the vaccine was recommended for populations at high risk for contracting influenza including people over the age of 65, anyone with a chronic disease, and children over the age of six months who have underlying medical conditions. The recommendations have expanded in recent years. ...
The panel's recommendations usually are adopted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and become the government's guidance for U.S. doctors and their patients. This would be the first time the government has stated a flu vaccine preference for older adults. ...
The updated recommendations reflect a June 2024 vote from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health expertsupdatedpneumococcal vaccination recommendations for adults 19 and older. The updated guidelines recommend that adults who have only had the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV) get a polysaccharide conjugate vacci...
“This is another new tool we can use this fall and winter to help protect lives,” Cohen said in a statement. “I encourage parents to talk to their doctors about how to protect their little ones against serious RSV illness, using either a vaccine given during pregnancy, or an RSV immun...