A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to shift COVID vaccine guidance toward "individual decision-making," a policy the agency refers to as "shared clinical decision-making." The approach involves ...

The panel said the vaccine, which includes protection against chickenpox, shouldn’t be given to children under age 4 because of a small risk for febrile seizures in younger kids. A closely watched ...

The panel recommended that people consult a health professional before receiving a Covid vaccine. Left unclear was whether Americans can still walk into pharmacies for shots. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...

Healthy kids and adults looking for an updated Covid shot this fall may have a tougher time getting it. On Friday, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel unanimously recommended ...

The members voted against the combination shot for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox. Guidelines on vaccines given separately to prevent those infections remain unchanged. By Apoorva Mandavilli ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which meets three times a year, will likely vote to shift eligibility requirements for immunizations at its second meeting of 2025. Elijah ...

Follow the latest updates on the former CDC officials' testimony here. Our earlier coverage is below. Susan Monarez, the ousted former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plans ...

Health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed five more people to the federal advisory committee that sets national vaccination recommendations. Like the existing ...

Under ardent anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr, federal health officials are working to link COVID-19 mRNA vaccines to the deaths of 25 children, and may further restrict access to the shots, ...

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Dr Tadgh McMahon is employed at SSI and is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Flinders University. This research was undertaken jointly by researchers at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western ...