US CDC Panel’s Pneumococcal Vaccine Recommendations Leave Confusion In Their Wake
Executive Summary
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ October vote on use of Pfizer’s Prevnar 20 and Merck & Co’s Vaxneuvance was more restrictive than intended, inadvertently leaving out guidance for people who were previously vaccinated with Prevnar 13.
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