VIDEO: ‘It’s an exciting time’ for meningococcal vaccination
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NEW YORK — In this video at the Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium, Catherine Mary Healy, MBBCh, describes what she called “an exciting time” for meningococcal vaccines.
The CDC recommends vaccinating children aged 11 to 12 years against meningococcal serogroups A, C, W and Y, followed by a booster at age 16 years. In October, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to harmonize recommendations for serogroup B meningococcal vaccines, which can be offered to adolescents and young adults aged between 16 and 23 years.
“Excitingly, we have the possibility of new vaccines coming on the market, which protect against groups A, B, C, W and Y, which would help us in our vaccination efforts,” said Healy, an associate professor of pediatric infectious disease at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. “It’s an exciting time, but there are a lot of decisions to be made in whether we change the schedule and change our recommendations.”
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Healy CM. Simplifying meningococcal vaccine recommendations. Presented at: Infectious Diseases in Children Symposium; Nov. 16-17, 2024; New York.
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