William Schaffner, MD, on the ACIP’s Latest Vaccine Updates

In this podcast, William Schaffner, MD, talks about updates from the June 2021 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), including recommendations for influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccines for adults, herpes zoster vaccine, dengue vaccine, and rabies vaccine. 

Additional Resources:

• Immunization. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Accessed July 20, 2021. https://www.nfid.org/immunization/ 
• ACIP Presentation Slides: June 23-25, 2021 Meeting. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published on June 23, 2021. Accessed July 20, 2021. https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/slides-2021-06.html 
• NFID Webinars. National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Accessed July 22, 2021. https://www.nfid.org/about-nfid/continuing-medical-education/webinars/ 

William Schaffner, MD, is the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and is a professor of preventive medicine in the Department of Health Policy and a professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee.