Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are scheduled soon to cast votes on influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccines, according to a document released on June 18.
New members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are slated on June 25 to offer a recommendation to the CDC on RSV vaccines for pregnant women and children, a draft agenda for the meeting states, as well as vote on RSV vaccines with regards to the Vaccines for Children program.
Vaccines for Children is a federal program that involves the CDC buying certain vaccines and distributing them to providers, making them available to uninsured and certain other children….