On October 19, 2022, the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended the use of either a dose of 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV20) or 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) as previously recommended for adults who have received 13-valent pneumococca...
Kobayashi, Miwako;
Pilishvili, Tamara;
Farrar, Jennifer L;
Leidner, Andrew J;
Gierke, Ryan;
Prasad, Namrata;
Moro, Pedro;
Campos-Outcalt, Doug;
Morgan, Rebecca L;
Long, Sarah S;
Poehling, Katherine A;
Cohen, Adam L.
his report compiles and summarizes all published recommendations from CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for use of pneumococcal vaccines in adults aged ≥19 years in the United States. This report also includes updated and new clinical guidance for implementation from CDC.
Bef...
Most of the influenza vaccines currently approved and available in the United States are produced by the propagation of influenza viruses in eggs (1-7). These vaccines therefore can contain small quantities of egg proteins. As of the 2022-23 influenza season, ACIP has recommended annual influenza vacci...
Woodworth, Kate R;
Moulia, Danielle;
Collins, Jennifer P;
Hadler, Stephen C;
Jones, Jefferson M;
Reddy, Sujan C;
Chamberland, Mary;
Campos-Outcalt, Doug;
Morgan, Rebecca L;
Brooks, Oliver;
Talbot, H. Keipp;
Lee, Grace M;
Bell, Beth P;
Daley, Matthew F;
Mbaeyi, Sarah;
Dooling, Kathleen;
Oliver, Sara E.
The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 (BNT162b2) vaccine is a lipid nanoparticle–formulated, nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine encoding the prefusion spike glycoprotein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. On August 23, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a Biologics License Applicati...
Local reactions were reported by the majority of vaccine recipients and at higher rates than placebo recipients (75.3% vs 20.6% after dose 2). Pain/tenderness at the injection site was the most common and most severe local reaction among vaccine recipients and reported more frequently after dose 2 than a...
Estimated rates of influenza-associated hospitalization and death are generally highest among individuals 65 years of age and older (1-4), an age group for whom influenza vaccine effectiveness is often lower relative to younger populations (5, 6). Two inactivated influenza vaccines approved in the U.S. f...
A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for persons aged 12-17 years was presented to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 23, 2022. GRADE...
A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Moderna coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine for children aged 6–11 years was presented to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) on June 23, 2022. GRA...
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance to the Director of the CDC regarding use of vaccines and related agents for control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the civilian population of the United States. Recommendations made by the ACIP are reviewed by the CD...
A Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) review of the evidence for benefits and harms for Novavax coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine was presented to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on July 19, 2022. GRADE evidence type indicates the c...
