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US health officials announced Monday an overhauled version of the vaccines recommended to infants and adolescents, shrinking the number of diseases for which vaccines should be administered from 17 to 11...
Among the core vaccines CDC will no longer recommend for all children are those that protect against rotavirus, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B (HBV)...
“After an exhaustive review of the evidence, we are aligning the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus while strengthening transparency and informed consent. This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health,” Kennedy said in the statement...
But the overhaul also is an unprecedented departure from the evidence-based process the US previously used to decide its vaccine schedule.
“This is health policy malpractice at the highest level and must be reversed before children and families suffer,” said Dr George C Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
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HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org