The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Jan. 6 said it was revising its childhood immunization schedule to recommend four fewer vaccines − but what does that mean for parents and their ...

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The federal government has drastically scaled back the number of recommended childhood immunizations, sidelining six routine vaccines that have safeguarded millions from serious diseases, long-term ...

Hepatitis, flu, COVID and RSV shots are no longer universally recommended. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday it is changing the childhood immunization schedule.

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Federal health officials now recommend that children be routinely inoculated against 11 diseases, not 17, citing standards in other wealthy nations. By Apoorva Mandavilli Federal health officials on ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine critic, has made it clear he thinks American children get too many vaccines. Earlier this month, President Trump issued a memorandum ...