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The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy. It's changed guidance for for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox shots and deferred proposed changes to hepatitis B.
The health secretary’s CDC panel wants to stop recommending Covid vaccines but left bigger debates unresolved.
RFK Jr.’s panel recommended halting MMRV vaccines for children under four and postponed voting on the hepatitis B schedule.
Vaccine upheaval, day two: Federal vaccine advisers recommend a more restrictive approach to getting coronavirus vaccinations and delay a vote on hepatitis B shots. Cassidy asks RFK Jr. to RSVP: The Senate health panel’s leader invites RFK Jr. to “share his side of the story.”
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s federally-focused campaign against vaccines is entering a new phase with allies intent on rolling back school and health care facility mandates.
As a group of advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met this week to discuss recommendations on who should get the updated Covid-19 shot this season, a newly published analysis from dozens of researchers emphasizes the “substantial” benefits of broad vaccine recommendations.