Health Officials Urge Halt to Meningitis Shots
U.S. health officials urged doctors and nurses to temporarily suspend routine use of a booster shot that protects children against bacterial meningitis because of a looming shortage of vaccine.
Curtailing the fourth dose of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine is not expected to hurt the health of children, officials said.
The recommendation, issued jointly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Practice, was prompted by production and supply problems at Wyeth Vaccines, the only supplier of the vaccine in the nation.
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