Despite a delay while unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., argued over messaging and content, the West Virginia Department of Health has finally been able to release its annual respiratory vaccine guidelines for health care providers and patients.

That is a relief to health care professionals who had been worried about having the guidance they needed to properly advise patients about how to stay healthier and safer.

But there is still time for patients to get the vaccines they need. The 2025-26 guidance, according to the West Virginia Department of Health, is for seasonal flu vaccines for anyone over six months of age without a contraindication; different respiratory syncytial virus vaccination options during pregnancy and for infants less than 8 months old, compared with options a

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