CDC Changes Recommendations for Six Childhood Vaccines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced updates to the national childhood vaccine schedule involving six vaccines (rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B) following a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review and revise its recommendations. The changes clarify which vaccines […]
AAP and Other Medical Groups Sue Secretary of Health and Human Services
Large medical groups including the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) have sued U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in response to recent changes to federal vaccine policy, including removal of the COVID shot from the federally recommended childhood vaccine schedule for healthy children The AAP, American College of Physicians, Infectious […]
CDC Looking to Break Up MMR Vaccine?
On Oct. 6, 2025, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jim O’Neill, called on the manufacturers of the live attenuated MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to break up the biologic and develop separate shots for the three diseases it targets. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe […]
FDA to Release Report on Child Deaths After COVID Shots
On Sept. 4, 2025, the commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Marty Makary, MD, announced the agency will release a detailed report investigating deaths among children following receipt of COVID-19 shots.1 2 Dr. Makary stated that officials have begun carrying out an “intensive investigation” into reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event […]
U.S. Government Will Revive 1990s-Era Childhood Vaccine Safety Task Force
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced on Aug. 14, 2025 that it would be reviving a Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines that was created under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 but was disbanded in 1998. The task force was “a federal panel created by Congress to improve […]
AAP and CDC Disagree on Vaccine Use Recommendations
Following new childhood vaccine use recommendations issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released its own childhood vaccine schedule that differs from the CDC’s new recommendations.1 Citing “evidence based” guidelines, the AAP issued a press release stating, “It (the AAP childhood vaccine schedule) differs […]