CDC advisers punt on hepatitis B vaccine vote
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Doctors have raised concerns after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the entire panel and replaced it with vaccine skeptics.
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.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel greenlighted a more limited COVID-19 vaccine recommendation Friday.
The vaccine committee voted Thursday to change recommendations for the combined measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine.
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.
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.