Advisory Committee

In a 13-1 vote, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended Tuesday that health care personnel and residents in long-term care facilities be prioritized to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when one is available.

The Immunology Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee recently met to provide advice and recommendations to the FDA about immunological responses to metal-containing products regulated as medical devices, including metal-containing implants and dental amalgam.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, recommended that HPV and pneumococcal vaccination in older patients be “based on shared clinical decision-making” — that is, doctors and patients should decide whether it is appropriate.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently gave an ‘A’ level recommendation to screening women for hepatitis B during their first prenatal visit, according to a report recently published in JAMA.

The overall incidence of meningococcal disease is low among college students in the United States, but they were over three times more likely to develop meningococcal B disease, or MenB, compared with those who did not attend college, according to research published in Pediatrics. The increased risk for disease among this population highlights the importance of vaccination, researchers said.