CDC advisers appointed by RFK Jr. vote against MMRV shot for children under 4

Members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices during a meeting at its Atlanta headquarters on Thursday.

U.S. vaccine advisers voted on Thursday to revise the use of one of two key childhood vaccines under review, another step in U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s push to rewrite U.S. immunization policy.

The group, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on U.S. vaccination schedules, recommended against allowing parents to choose the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine before age 4. Instead, separate vaccine shots will be given for measles-mumps-rubella and varicella.

The votes are the first from Kennedy’s 12-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, many of whom have advocated against vaccine use. Five of those me