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Immunization update: This year’s changes

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New vaccines coming soon

No cholera vaccine is licensed for use in the United States, but a new single-dose, live attenuated oral cholera vaccine will likely be licensed this year.

A new adjuvanted herpes zoster vaccine has completed a phase-3 study and the results were presented to ACIP in June 2015. It is expected to be approved sometime this year.

Finally, a new combination vaccine for infants is being developed cooperatively between Sanofi Pasteur and Merck & Co. It will offer protection against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, and hepatitis B. When available, it will offer an option that means fewer injections than current combination products (TABLE 3).9

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