US EditionMerck urges science-led US vaccine schedule after CDC trims childhood vaccine list
The CDC updated the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, moving key vaccines to a shared decision category and recommending one HPV dose, effective immediately.
- On Jan 8, HHS and CDC moved rotavirus, influenza, meningococcal and hepatitis A vaccines into a 'shared clinical decision-making' category, with the schedule taking effect immediately.
- The usual external review by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices did not occur, and one CDC scientist said career staff were blindsided by Monday's announcement and learned only at an HHS briefing for reporters.
- Merck said any changes should rest on comprehensive data and expert guidance, while Bernstein analysts estimated a $2 billion annual impact from exposure to RotaTeq and Gardasil amid the single-dose HPV vaccine update.
- Public health specialists warned the rollback could drive preventable hospitalizations and deaths by lowering routine immunization uptake amid measles and whooping cough outbreaks.
- The political push to reduce doses contrasts with calls for data-driven decisions as President Donald Trump last month urged the US to align with other developed nations, while critics warned that changing the schedule with 'no scientific input' risks eroding expertise and the American Dream.
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