The CDC announced the new guideline on Wednesday. The agency also recommends vaccinating children under 5, as well as people who are at increased risk because of conditions like diabetes ...

"This vote allows people to make the best decisions possible to keep themselves and their loved ones safe from COVID-19," CDC Director Mandy Cohen said in a news release announcing the new ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. October 23, 2024 – Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) ...

"Lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination gives more adults the opportunity to protect themselves from pneumococcal disease at the age when risk of infection substantially increases," the CDC ...

"Lowering the age for pneumococcal vaccination gives more adults the opportunity to protect themselves from pneumococcal disease at the age when risk of infection substantially increases," CDC ...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Directory Mandy Coehn endorsed two recommendations made by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices involving COVID-19 and pneumococcal ...

The recommended first age at which Americans should get the pneumococcal vaccine has been lowered from 65 to 50, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday. "Lowering ...

Panel members also voted to recommend an additional COVID-19 vaccine for people 65 and older. Here’s what older adults should know about the changes to the CDC panel's recommendations. On Wednesday, ...

Here’s what older adults should know about the changes to the CDC panel's recommendations. On Wednesday, members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to lower the ...

With an expanded usage recommendation from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), pneumococcal conjugate vaccines from Pfizer and Merck are poised to add millions more ...