The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has published its influenza vaccine recommendations for the 2012–2013 season in MMWR.

The change from 2011 is that children aged 6 months through 8 years who have never received influenza vaccine or who have not received two or more doses of seasonal influenza vaccine since July 2010 should receive two doses of 2012–2013 vaccine (given at least 4 weeks apart).

ACIP does not expect the recently approved quadrivalent flu vaccine (FluMist Quadrivalent) to be available until the 2013–2014 flu season.

Source: MMWR article