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The head of the Department of Health and Human Services has spent decades promoting vaccine skepticism and has now revamped the US childhood immunization schedule to have one-third fewer recommended ...

Six prominent medical associations say they will ask the courts to reverse the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new recommendations for what vaccines children should get.

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TO YOUNGER PEOPLE. AND MORE HEALTH NEWS TONIGHT. CONFUSION ABOUT CHILDHOOD VACCINES. THE CDC THIS WEEK ANNOUNCED IT WILL NO LONGER RECOMMEND SOME SHOTS FOR ALL KIDS. SO HOW COULD THIS CHANGE AFFECT ...

The Trump administration overhauled the US pediatric vaccine schedule on January 5, 2026, upending years of scientifically backed recommendations that reduced disease with routine shots. At the end of ...