CDC advisers punt on hepatitis B vaccine vote
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Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine step in the fall for nearly all Americans who wanted them — just like a yearly flu vaccine.
The health secretary’s CDC panel wants to stop recommending Covid vaccines but left bigger debates unresolved.
RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.
RFK Jr.’s panel recommended halting MMRV vaccines for children under four and postponed voting on the hepatitis B schedule.
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.
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.”
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.
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A two-day meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with new members appointed by RFK Jr., could reshape public trust in childhood vaccines and reduce access.