A federal program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults is shutting down this summer, before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said its Bridge Access Program will end in ...
December 6, 2024 CDC Recommends Second COVID-19 Vaccine Dose for Older Adults Samantha Anderer JAMA. 2025;333(1):12. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.24258 Full Text The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine, administer...
Gardasil 9 is approved for males ages 9 through 45. When Should Adults Get the HPV Vaccine? The best time to get the HPV vaccine is before you've started having sexual activity. That's why the CDC recommends that both boys and girls get their vaccination at age 11 or 12, although ...
In a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the United 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 pn...
COVID-19 vaccines are now included among the routine shots recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for children, adolescents and adults. The 2023 list includes shots for the flu, measles mumps and rubella, polio, and other ino
Between 60,000 to 160,000 older adults in the U.S. are hospitalized due to RSV every year and 6,000 to 10,000 of them die, the CDC said. "There is no really effective treatment for [RSV] in terms of antivirals," Dr. Paul Goepfert, a professor of medicine in th...
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 ...
70% U.S. Adults Have Taken at Least One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine - CDC More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Ledsiel Garcia, a pharmacy technician with DeliveRxd Pharmacy based in Tampa, administers the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to Mike Payne, a federal emp...
Rochelle Walensky signs off on the ACIP recommendations, booster shots may be given immediately to those for whom they are recommended. The CDC’s Dr. Amanda Cohn, executive secretary for ACIP, said the committee can come back any time in the future to adjust their recommendations. “We ave...
US CDC recommends varicella zoster virus vaccine live for older adultsInpharma Weekly -doi:10.2165/00128413-200615650-00006NoneSpringer International PublishingInpharma Weekly