By: Emma Hitt, PhD 30 October 2010 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) discussed and approved multiple changes in the 2011 immunization charts for both children and adults on Thursday.William Atkinson, MD, of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, discussed the changes to […]
CDC panel votes to add meningitis booster dose
By: Julie Steenhuysen 27 October 2010 (Reuters) – A panel of federal vaccine experts narrowly voted to add a booster dose of a meningitis vaccine to teens at age 16.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 6-5 on Wednesday to add a booster dose of the vaccine at age 16 to address waning immunity […]
