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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 12 March 2024. "Availability of influenza vaccines by country in EU/EEA in the 2019/20 season". European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). 11 October 2019. List of nationally authorised medicinal products Active substance: influenza vaccine (surface antigen, inactivated) (PDF).
The CDC’s recommendations for the 2024–25 flu season include two key updates: a return to trivalent flu shots and high dose vaccines for adults receiving organ transplants.
Children 8 and under with fewer than two lifetime flu vaccine doses require two doses of the new vaccine, four weeks apart. The CDC recommends these young children get their first dose in the summer.
A 2024 CDC study found that the 2024 flu vaccine reduced the risk of hospitalization from the flu by 35% in the Southern Hemisphere. [107] The research, conducted across five countries—Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay—showed the vaccine was less effective than the one used in the previous season.
As flu season gets underway, now is the time to get vaccinated. And that goes for your children too. According to the CDC, it’s recommended that the flu shot be administered starting at six ...
ACIP statements are official federal recommendations for the use of vaccines and immune globulins in the U.S., and are published by the CDC. ACIP reports directly to the CDC director, although its management and support services are provided by CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. [1]
When it comes to the flu vaccine, there are three types that are recommended for older people, all with long, complicated names: HD-IIV4, or quadrivalent high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine ...
The CDC recommends that all people aged 6 months and up get a flu vaccine. Kids may have two options for the vaccine: A standard shot or nasal spray flu vaccine , a.k.a. FluMist.