CDC panel votes to push back MMRV vaccine recommendation to 4 years old

CDC advisory panel recommends restricting access to the MMRV vaccine

A closely watched advisory panel to the CDC voted Thursday to restrict access to a measles vaccine that includes protection against chickenpox.

Kennedy’s hand-picked vaccine advisors limit use of MMRV vaccine for young children

A nurse gives an MMR vaccine at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019, in Provo, Utah. The vaccine is 97% effective against measles when two doses are administered. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)ATLANTA — A key vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to change its recommendations around certain childhood immunizations Thursday, despite the CDC’s own data showing that the vaccines are safe…

RKF Jr.'s hand-picked committee changed its recommendations for key childhood shots

In an 8 to 3 vote, a committee handpicked by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. decided to change its recommendation for how American children are vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.

Vaccine Panel Stacked by RFK Jr. Recommends Delaying MMRV Immunization

The vaccine advisory group ACIP, not all members of which seemed to know what the group does, recommended to the CDC that combined MMRV shots not be given before age 4.

CDC advisers appointed by RFK Jr. vote against MMRV shot for children under 4

Committee recommends against letting parents choose combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine under age 4

CDC advisors consider new recommendations for Hep B, COVID-19 and MMRV vaccines

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella.The panel advised that the vaccine known as MMRV not be given before age 4 and that children in this age group instead get separate vaccines — one against MMR and another for va…