new CDC adult pneumococcal vaccine recommendations
The CDC just published new and quite different recommendations on pneumococcal vaccinations in adults: see https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/72/rr/rr7203a1.htm?s_cid=rr7203a1_w for the full report (or see pneumococcal vaccine recs 2023 in dropbox). The major change leading to these recommendation changes is the development of the PCV15 and PCV20 vaccines. Here is a summary of the vaccination recommendations. -- Recommendations in brief ( will attach their relevant tables at the end of the blog ): --no vaccination for healthy adults <65yo --for those ≥65yo or 19-64yo with certain underlying medical conditions (see below) but have never gotten any pneumococcal vaccines: -- if PCV20 is available, that can be provided as a single dose alone (the preferred approach) -- or the PCV15 can be administered with a single dose of the PPSV23 at le...