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Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada
The CDC reduced routine childhood vaccines, shifting some to high-risk groups, raising concerns among Canadian doctors about increased vaccine hesitancy and misinformation.
- On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its routine vaccine schedule, reducing recommended shots and no longer universally recommending rotavirus and meningococcal vaccines.
- Reclassifying routine doses shifted guidance to shared clinical decision-making, with the CDC recommending vaccines only for `certain high-risk groups` and no longer universally endorsing flu and RSV vaccines.
- Doctors warn U.S. vaccine changes will fuel hesitancy crossing into Canada, with Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman citing parental confusion and Dawn Bowdish, immunologist, noting doubts spread north.
- Health experts warn confusion from differing vaccine recommendations can drive misinformation and cause rises in serious illnesses, while Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman says Canada's vaccine schedule remains science-based and unchanged unless new evidence emerges.
- The Canadian Press reported the story filed by Hannah Alberga and published Jan. 6, 2026, with CP solely responsible and supported by the Canadian Medical Association.
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Doctors say that radical changes in the schedule of immunization of children in the United States will fuel vaccine hesitation in Canada.
·Montreal, Canada
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Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada
TORONTO — Doctors say the sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. will fuel hesitancy that will cross the border into Canada. Ontario Medical Association President Dr. Zainab Abdurrahman says she is most worried about the confusion that parents may feel when they see that the U.S. and Canada have different immunization […]
·Toronto, Canada
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