Vaccine-Specific Recommendations

Key points

  • The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) develops recommendations on how to use vaccines to control disease in the United States.
  • These recommendations become official CDC policy once adopted by CDC’s Director.
  • Learn about current and historical ACIP recommendations for each vaccine.

Recommendations

Recent meeting recommendations‎

A list of recently approved ACIP recommendations that have been adopted by the CDC Director. These recommendations will be published in MMWR in the coming months.

Vaccine Abbreviations‎

These abbreviations provide a uniform approach to vaccine references used in ACIP Recommendations that are published in the MMWR, the Pink Book, and the AAP Red Book; and in the U.S. immunization schedules for children, adolescents, and adults.