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...
recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV), and live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) to be available. "Standard-dose, unadjuvanted, inactivated influenza vaccines will be available in quadrivalent formulations (IIV4s). High-dose (HD-IIV3) and adjuvanted (aIIV3) inactivated influenza vaccines will be ...
CDC Officials Fear New Flu Vaccine Recommendations Could Cut UseSun, Lena H
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. U.S. officials currentl...
for patients with cancer. Some vaccination and revaccination plans for patients with cancer may be affected by the underlying immune status and the anticancer therapy received. As a result, vaccine strategies may differ from the vaccine recommendations for the general healthy adult population vaccine....
(PCV21; Capvaxive)opens in a new tab or windowis an option for adults ages 19 years and older who currently have a recommendation to receive a dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Clinical recommendations that explain the different options of pneumococcal vaccines will be forthcoming, ...
The updated recommendations reflect a June 2024 vote from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
Studies of concomitant administration of Covid and RSV vaccines are still underway. A study that GSK conducted giving RSV vaccine at the same time as high-dose flu vaccine — a formulation recommended for older adults — showed the response generated against influenza as “non-inferior” to what...
Your daily dose of news in health and medicine. Privacy Policy Using both in a mother-baby pair would offer little or no added benefit for most babies, and would come at a high cost, with Pfizer set to charge $295 for its vaccine and the other product, Sanofi’s monoclonal antibody, ...
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 vaccin...