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ACIP votes to NOT recommend LAIV, "nasal spray".
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ACIP votes to NOT recommend LAIV, "nasal spray" flu vaccine during 2016 - 2017 flu season.
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in favor of an interim recommendation that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), also known as the "nasal spray" flu vaccine, should not be used during the 2016-2017 flu season. The ACIP vote follows data showing poor or relatively lower effectiveness of LAIV from 2013 through 2016. ACIP continues to recommend annual flu vaccination, with either the inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) or recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV) for everyone 6 months and older.
ACIP recommendation must be reviewed and approved by CDC's director before it becomes CDC policy. The final annual recommendations on the prevention and control of influenza with vaccines will be published in a CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Recommendations and Reports in late summer or early fall.
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CDC International Influenza Program
CDC Influenza Division International Program helps to establish, expand, and maintain influenza surveillance and laboratory capacity; develop global and local pandemic plans and influenza prevention policies; support targeted research projects to address critical needs; and build the evidence base for decisions on influenza vaccine program expansion.
Learn more about CDC's Influenza Division International Program work in their 2014 & 2015 Activities Report.
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