Live Updates Day 1: CDC Advisers Weigh Changes to Childhood Vaccine Schedule

The Defender will bring readers live updates on today’s and tomorrow’s meetings of the CDC vaccine advisory committee. The two-day meeting agenda includes a discussion of possible changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

THE DEFENDER

September 18, 2025

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D., and Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D.

The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meets today and tomorrow to discuss, among other issues, possible changes to the childhood vaccine schedule.

Today’s agenda includes possible changes to recommendations for the Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (MMRV) vaccine and the hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine. 

Tomorrow’s agenda includes a discussion of COVID-19 vaccines for children.

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