CDC Updates COVID-19, Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2024-2025 Respiratory Virus SeasonJennings, SydneyPatient Care (Online)
Trying to come up with tailored recommendations could also be impractical to implement, CDC officials said the work group concluded, and risked setting up barriers to vaccination for those who are at greatest risk. More than 7 in 10 adults are already at higher risk of severe COVID-19 due t...
Providers should consult current ACIP recommendations concerning coadministration of influenza and COVID-19 vaccines. Vaccines given at the same time should be administered in different anatomical sites. "The 2021-22 influenza season is expected to coincide with continued circulation of severe acute ...
Shortly after the meeting, CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH,endorsed the recommendationsopens in a new tab or window. In a final unanimous vote, members recommended that thenew 21-valent pneumococcal vaccine (PCV21; Capvaxive)opens in a new tab or windowis an option for adults ages 19 ...
Maeney-Delman told the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that data on the shots also suggested there was no reason to think the safety risks posed by a booster shot were any different, but acknowledged it was "premature to come up with any specific recommendations for pregnant...
(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...
US CDC panel members said simply recommending the vaccine for everybody outweighed complications created by tailoring recommendations more precisely. ALSO READ:New Covid vaccines are on the way as 'Eris' variant rises "I'm strongly in favor of a universal recommendation," panel member and professor...
New guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.
CDC Director Rochelle P Walensky, MD, MPH, announced her endorsement of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendations for use of both new RSV vaccines. Image Credit: Adobe Stock - Tada Images Adults who are at the highest risk for severe illness from RSV include...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously Thursday to expand their recommendations for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to virtually all ages of children, adding the first alternative to Pfizer's shots for millions of adolescents and school-age kids. On...