Polio

Most Pediatricians Use Combination of Poliovirus Vaccines

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 11th, 1998

Despite a continuing controversy over the most appropriate schedule for immunization against polio, a majority of pediatricians surveyed in a recent study have adopted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) most recent recommendation to administer doses of both the oral and inactive polio vaccines.

The American Academy of Pediatrics' (AAP) practice-based research network, Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS), and the Pediatric Section of the National Medical Association (NMA), a medical organization largely composed of African-Americans who traditionally provide care to a large proportion of underserved...

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