How has CDC research impacted vaccination recommendations for children with disabilities?
A CDC study showed that chronic neurological or neuromuscular disorders could place children at greater risk of death from flu. This information was instrumental in the decision to expand the annual flu vaccination recommendations in 2005 to include all people with certain neurological conditions that could compromise their breathing. The results of this analysis appeared on December 15, 2005, in the New England Journal of Medicine in an article entitled “Influenza-Associated Deaths Among Children in the United States, 2003-2004.
