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...
The committee also voted unanimously that everyone 6 months of age and older should receive an updated 2024-2025 influenza vaccine, with rare exceptions. Also, in another unanimous vote, members voted that high-dose inactivated (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted inactivated (aIIV3) influenza vaccines are a...
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 eve...
CDC updates RSV vaccine recommendations for ages 60 and older The updated recommendations reflect a June 2024 vote from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. On August 6, 2024, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated itsrecommendations for resp...
World Health Organization Puts CDC on Defense by Drastically Narrowing COVID Vax Recommendations April 1, 2023Just the News The U.S. one-size-fits-all COVID-19 vaccine policy, which recommends “up to date” inoculation at all ages regardless of risk level and provides the basis for ongoing...
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...
(HealthDay)—Flu vaccines protect children against serious illness, even when the vaccine doesn't match the circulating flu virus, according to a new study that reinforces the importance of flu shots.
“There needs to be massive education,” warned Helen “Keipp” Talbot, an infectious diseases expert from Vanderbilt University, who was the sole ACIP member to vote against recommending the vaccine. Earlier in the day, Talbot questioned the value of approving the Pfizer vaccine, given the exis...
Each year's vaccine is based on the three strains of influenza virus that are expected to be widespread that season. Short on time? No problem. Flu shots are available at supermarkets, pharmacies, schools, and churches, as well as doctors' offices. And you can get one anytime during flu...