The CDC’s vaccine advisory committee just wrapped up two days of meetings, and the decisions could impact how your family gets vaccinated.

Dr. Mandy Griffin, a pediatrician at Utica Park Clinic in Tulsa, breaks down what changed and what didn’t.

Q: What was the purpose of this CDC meeting?

"The purpose of the meetings these past two days were to talk about three different vaccines,"

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, met to vote on key recommendations for the MMRV combination vaccine, the hepatitis B vaccine at birth, and COVID-19 vaccination guidelines.

Q: What’s changing with the MMRV vaccine (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella)?

The committee voted to no longer recommend the for . Instead, children will now receive : one for and one for

"Previously,

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