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Article: New rotavirus vaccine recommended by ACIP.(News)(Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices)
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- Pediatric News
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- March 1, 2006
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ATLANTA -- Rotavirus immunization may be back.
At a meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the committee voted to recommend that all infants receive Merck & Co.'s newly licensed oral rotavirus vaccine (Rotateq) at 2, 4, and 6 months of age, and to provide coverage for it under the Vaccines for Children program.
The American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases is likely to follow suit when it votes later this year, AAP co-liaison Dr. Keith Powell said in an interview. "I don't think this is an area where [AAP] will fall out with ACIP. It's an exciting new ...