Infuenza Specialist Group

For children up to 18 years

February 2008

All U.S children aged from 6 months up to 18 years should be immunised annually against influenza, a panel of federal vaccine advisers have recommended. The recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices would expand the current recommendationthat all children aged 6 months to 5 years be vaccinated. The new recommendations should go into effect as soon as possible, but no later than the 2009-2010 Northern Hemisphere influenza seasons.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_61632.html