The nation’s recommended vaccination schedule has transformed in recent months amid federal agency shakeups — and officials have teased more changes, including breaking up the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three shots. Four updates to know: 1. A hint of more vaccine recommendation changes
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent CDC panel of advisors who review and provide vaccine guidance to the CDC, plans to review several aspects of the childhood vaccination schedule. According to a document posted Oct. 9, a work group part of ACIP will investigate — and potentially make new recommendations on — the timing and order of vaccines, the safety of vaccine ingredients, immunization schedules in other countries and the concurrent administration of various v