Whooping Cough Vaccine for Pregnant Women Among New Recommendations

U.S. experts also say egg allergy is no longer reason to avoid the flu vaccine

January 28, 2013 RSS Feed Print

The other big change in the vaccine schedule is for adults aged 19 or older who are at high risk for pneumococcal infections, including people with compromised immune systems, people without a functioning spleen, those with cerebrospinal fluid leaks and people with ear implants. They should be given vaccines known as "PCV-13" followed by the "PPSV23" at least eight weeks later, the guidelines recommended. Rubin said the first vaccine helps prime the immune system for the second vaccine.

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Review the vaccine schedules for adults and children at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.