The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently voted to recommend the following groups receive annual influenza vaccination during the 2009-2010 season:

• Anyone who wants to prevent influenza
• Children 6 months–18 years of age
• People 50 years of age and older
• Women who will be pregnant during the influenza season
• Adults and children with chronic medical conditions, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, weakened immune system, diabetes, and others
• Residents of long-term care facilities and nursing homes
• Health-care personnel
• Household contacts and caregivers for people at risk of developing serious complications

The ACIP's expanded pediatric influenza vaccination recommendations including all children 6 months–18 years of age formally goes into effect for the 2009-2010 influenza season.

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/provisional/downloads/
influenza-feb-2009-508.pdf.