CDC panel votes to push back MMRV vaccine recommendation to 4 years old

RFK Jr’s hand-picked CDC advisory panel recommends against combo vaccine for kids

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s overhauled vaccine panel voted on Thursday to no longer recommend a combination shot protecting against chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella for young children.

CDC panel votes to limit measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccines for children

A CDC advisory panel voted Thursday to limit the availability of a combined shot for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the virus that causes chicken pox for children. The panel also delayed a vote on the newborn hepatitis B shot until Friday. The 12-person Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices was chosen by Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., who has expressed skepticism about the efficacy of vaccines. The panel voted 8-3 with one a…

CDC advisory panel recommends restricting access to the MMRV vaccine

A closely watched advisory panel to the CDC voted Thursday to restrict access to a measles vaccine that includes protection against chickenpox.

Kennedy’s hand-picked vaccine advisors limit use of MMRV vaccine for young children

A nurse gives an MMR vaccine at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019, in Provo, Utah. The vaccine is 97% effective against measles when two doses are administered. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)ATLANTA — A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendations around certain childhood immunizations Thursday, despite the CDC’s own data showing that the vaccines are safe…

RKF Jr.'s hand-picked committee changed its recommendations for key childhood shots

In an 8 to 3 vote, a committee handpicked by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. decided to change its recommendation for how American children are vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.