Primary Care Perspectives: Episode 2 - Influenza Vaccine Recommendations for 2016-2017

In June 2016, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted that the intranasal vaccine should not be used this season due to low efficacy from 2013 to 2016. Susan Coffin, MD, MPH, Attending Physician and Clinical Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, explains the new influenza vaccine recommendations for the 2016-2017 season and talks about new information revealed in recent studies, timing and supply. Published September 2016. This podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not to be considered as medical advice for any particular patient. Clinicians must rely on their own informed clinical judgment in making recommendations to their patients. ©2016 by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, all rights reserved.