Panel Hesitates On Expanding Meningitis Shots

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A panel of U.S. federal vaccine experts decided on Wednesday against recommending that all 2- to 10-year-olds get a meningitis vaccination but said the vaccine was safe if parents and doctors chose to use it.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices had considered expanding its current stance, which recommends that all children 2 to 10 years old who are at increased risk should routinely be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, which has about a 15 percent death rate.

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