Age Lowered for Flu Vaccine
<i> Compiled from Times staff and wire reports</i>
The vaccine committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics has lowered the recommended age at which children should be vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B, a bacteria that can cause meningitis, pneumonia, earaches and sore throats.
The academy advised that 18-month-olds, especially those at high risk for infection because they are in day-care centers, now receive the so-called HiB vaccine. Previously, the pediatricians had only been recommending the vaccine for 2-year-olds.
