Month August 2019

August Updates 2019

Vaccine Updates August 2019 Terms to Know: 1. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is a group of medical and public health experts that develop recommendations on how to use vaccines. 2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…

Hexavalent Vaxelis

ACIP group unanimously voted to add the new hexavalent vaccine, Vaxelis –which protects against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type B and was licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Fall 2018 – to the…

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