US Changes Child Vaccine Schedule to Call for Fewer Shots (2)

The US Department of Health and Human Services is changing its recommendations for the childhood vaccine schedule by no longer broadly endorsing influenza, Covid-19 and other once-routine immunizations.

The new schedule now endorses 11 vaccines for children and more closely resembles the schedule for Denmark, compared with previously recommending immunizations to protect against 17 different diseases.

“We are aligning the US childhood vaccine schedule with international consensus,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in the statement. The agency is now working to implement the changes, which it said would help build trust in the US approach.

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