CDC Urges 'Shared Decision-Making' on some Childhood Vaccines; Many Unclear About What that Means

New CDC stance on kids’ vaccines isn’t ‘anti-science’ — it’s pro-parent

Stripped of partisan politics and overheated rhetoric, what’s actually happening at the CDC is something far more modest — and far healthier.

CDC recommends fewer vaccines as disease among unvaccinated spikes

As diseases like measles, whooping cough and tetanus spike in unvaccinated patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a major overhaul to the childhood vaccine schedule, recommending kids get only 11 vaccines instead of 18. “I think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is trying to make it so that vaccines are considered optional,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of...

CDC urges 'shared decision-making' on some childhood vaccines; many unclear about what that means

On Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dramatically reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11, citing practices in other wealthy nations, including Denmark, Germany, and Japan. The CDC said that parents could choose to have their children receive some previously recommended vaccines, including those for flu, rotavirus, COVID-19, meningitis, and hepatitis A and B, after "shared clinical decisi…

POLITICS: New CDC stance on kids’ vaccines isn’t ‘anti-science’ — it’s pro-parent

For years, American parents have been told there are only two acceptable positions on childhood vaccines: total compliance or moral failure. That framing may sound exaggerated if you’ve never navigated pediatric medical care, but for many families it’s a lived reality. Parents who ask routine questions about whether every recommendation applies equally to every child are often treated not as thoughtful caregivers weighing risks and benefits, but…

CDC Urges ‘Shared Decision-Making’ on Some Childhood Vaccines; Many Unclear About What That Means | The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania

The CDC has urged the use of shared decision-making between parents and health providers for some childhood vaccines, but many don't know what that is, Annenberg surveys show. The post CDC Urges ‘Shared Decision-Making’ on Some Childhood Vaccines; Many Unclear About What That Means appeared first on The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.