|
ATLANTA (AP) - Now that a hard-to-get meningitis vaccine is more plentiful, health experts recommended Wednesday that the shots be given to all children ages 11-18.
Their advice expands on earlier guidance set when the vaccine was in short supply. Priority was given to college freshmen and teens entering high school, and later to 11- to 12-year-olds.
Wednesday's new recommendations by a vaccine committee that advises the government is not a call for immediate mass vaccinations. But doctors should make a point of offering the shot to youngsters in the 11-18 age range when they come in for checkups, said Dr. Jon Abramson, the committee's chairman.
|