The Nation - News from April 1, 1988
In the wake of six severe measles cases among children infected with the AIDS virus, federal health officials reversed their earlier stand and recommended measles vaccine for all such children. The Immunization Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control previously had recommended that children showing symptoms of AIDS not be vaccinated because their immune systems might not be able to tolerate the live-virus measles vaccine. But the feared complications never developed, the CDC said.
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