Month: December 2019
Td and Tdap Vaccines
At CDC’s Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting held in October, the committee voted unanimously to approve that Td and Tdap vaccines may be used interchangeably in almost all situations where currently only Td vaccine is recommended. Specifically, Tdap may now be used instead of Td in any of the following situations: • Decennial […]
CDC Guide on the Use of HPV Vaccine
On August 16, CDC published updated guidance on the use of Human Papillomavirus Vaccination for Adults (HPV vaccine): Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization. The recommendations now include the following updated information: • For children and adults age 9 through 26 years: The vaccine is routinely recommended at age 11 or 12 years, […]