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The CDC advisory committee changed the guidance of the combined MMRV vaccine.

The restructured committee may impact future vaccine recommendations in America.

The ACIP modified the recommendation of the combined MMRV shot for children under 4.

The panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine recommendations decided Friday to leave unchanged guidance on when or if newborns receive a hepatitis B vaccine. At least in the near term, babies will still routinely be given the vaccine within 24 hours of birth.

On Thursday, the panel did vote 8-3 with one abstention to change the guidance on the combined MMRV vaccine, which provides vaccination against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, the technical name for chickenpox.

And on Friday, the panel

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