Pregnant women and children first? CDC announces H1N1 vaccine recommendationsKatherine Harmon
That is a fraction of the nearly half of children and adults who have gotten a flu shot. Outside medical groups have opposed scaling back recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, citing concerns that the changes would add hurdles to getting the shots. "The reality is most of these vaccines...
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 websites ordered by the Trump administration this week. "Doctors ...
(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...
The updated recommendations reflect a June 2024 vote from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
In 2009, when a new type of flu virus known at the time as swine flu spread around the world, the CDC held almost daily briefings. Its experts released information on a regular basis to describe the unfolding scientific understanding of the virus, and the race for a vaccine. ...
Most infectious disease experts agree with the recommendations made by the federal health agency. "I agree with the CDC recommendations because it is a simple recommendation to follow, and I believe that the benefit of the vaccine outweighs any risk at every age...
"Therefore, those who received fewer than 3 doses (>45% of individuals in the study) were not those ineligible to receive the vaccine, but those who chose not to follow the CDC’s recommendations on remaining updated with COVID-19 vaccination, and one could reasonably expect these individuals...
I encourage parents to keep their children up to date with CDC's COVID-19 vaccine recommendations," Walensky said in a statement. Walensky's decision to clear the additional shots comes as the country is facing a renewed surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations drive...
On Tuesday, a panel of independent experts that advises the CDC on its vaccine recommendations, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, weighed the pros and cons of moving the US away from a blanket recommendation that most people get an updated Covid-19 shot every year and tow...