CDC vaccine advisory panel to vote on guidance
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today voted to adopt a new recommendation for the child immunization schedule, while ensuring that all children receive immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox from 12 months of age.
Doctors have raised concerns after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel and replaced it with vaccine skeptics.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to stop recommending the MMRV vaccine for children under 4, citing seizure concerns.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel greenlighted a more limited COVID-19 vaccine recommendation Friday.
A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on shots against COVID-19,
On the second day of its meeting, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) postponed a decision on giving hepatitis B vaccines at birth and revoted against coverage of the combined MMRV vaccine under the Vaccines for Children program.
A CDC advisory committee has voted to restrict access to the MMRV shot by some low-income children, though separate MMR and varicella shots will still be available.
September 15, 2025 - ATLANTA, GA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will hold a meeting on Thursday and Friday, September 18-19, 2025, in Atlanta, GA. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.