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Kennedy likely to swap US childhood vaccine schedule for Denmark’s
The U.S. plans to recommend fewer routine childhood vaccines and adopt shared clinical decision-making, following a presidential directive citing Denmark’s model with 10 diseases covered, CDC data shows.
- Next year, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a plan to immunize American children per Denmark's fewer-vaccine schedule, bypassing the evidence-based U.S. process.
- Advisory comparisons show the United States recommends vaccines for 18 diseases while Denmark recommends 10, skipping seven shots including RSV, influenza, rotavirus, varicella, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A and hepatitis B.
- The U.S. has recorded nearly 2,000 measles cases across 49 outbreaks this year, and respiratory syncytial virus remains the leading cause of infant hospitalization, CDC data show.
- A change to the federal schedule would affect what insurers and federal programs cover, as altering it could change coverage by private health insurers and the Vaccines for Children program, while state governments and professional societies plan to maintain current mandates.
- Experts warn that adopting Denmark's approach risks more disease and reflects key system differences, noting Denmark's universal health care and the United States' 342 MILLION residents complicate transplanting the model.
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