CDC releases 2004 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the prevention and control of influenza
As signaled in the fall of 2003, at the height of the influenza season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has adopted a recommendation that children six months to 23 months of age should be vaccinated annually against influenza. CDC released the 2004 recommendations for the prevention and control of influenza today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Recommendations and Reports. The recommendations come from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a panel of experts that advises CDC and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on issues related to vaccines, and will be in effect for the 2004-2005 influenza...
CDC Press Release: http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r040430.htm