US EditionOur Commitment Is to Montana’s Children — and the Science that Protects Them
The CDC reduced routine childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, focusing others on high-risk groups; New Jersey will maintain its existing vaccine policies and access.
- On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced revisions cutting routine shots from 17 to 11 in the U.S. childhood immunization schedule.
- At the president's request, the CDC revised vaccine guidance, prompting critics to describe it as controversial and causing state officials to take precautionary steps.
- The CDC said it still recommends vaccines for diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, Hib, pneumococcal conjugate, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, HPV and chickenpox, with prior vaccines available through ACA plans, Medicaid, CHIP and the Vaccines for Children program.
- New Jersey officials said the state has no plans to reduce routine recommendations, and Jeffrey A. Brown, Acting New Jersey Health Commissioner, pledged to continue evidence-based, access-centered vaccine policies Monday.
- New Jersey has taken precautionary steps including joining the Northeast Public Health Collaborative in September and Gov. Phil Murphy joining 14 other Democratic governors next month, while a bill in the New Jersey Legislature would expand vaccine advisory groups and require insurers to cover recommended vaccines.
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Our commitment is to Montana’s children — and the science that protects them
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Missouri doctor worries new child vaccine recommendations will lead to uncertainty for families
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of "universal vaccine recommendations" for children to 11, down from the previous total of 17. One Missouri doctor worries the change may lead to confusion for families. The CDC announced on Monday that it was cutting the number of recommended vaccinations from disease, effective immediately. The change came after President Donald Trump directed the US Dep…
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