5 things for parents to know about changes to kids vaccine schedule
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Key Points:
- The CDC has revised its childhood vaccination guidelines, no longer universally recommending vaccines for rotavirus, hepatitis A and B, meningitis, RSV, COVID, and influenza, reducing the total from 18 to 11 vaccines.
- The updated schedule was implemented without an independent review, despite claims from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that it was based on extensive evidence and aligns with recommendations in other high-income countries.
- Vaccines for children are now categorized into three groups: universally recommended, high-risk only, and those requiring shared decision-making with healthcare providers; for example, flu and rotavirus vaccines are now recommended only if a doctor advises.
- Major medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Infectious Diseases Society
