"First, let's check in on vaccines. On Thursday and Friday of last week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, met to review and vote on recommendations for official U.S. vaccine guidelines. Back in June Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, dismissed all sitting members of the committee."
"The first one that they focused on was the MMRV vaccine. This is the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine. Varicella is commonly known as chickenpox, and they decided not to recommend the single combined shot for kids younger than age four. Another vaccine that was discussed was the hepatitis B vaccine. There wasn't really any changes to this, but members did vote in support that all pregnant people should be tested for hepatitis B infection, which is the current standard practice of care."
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) convened to review U.S. vaccine recommendations for hepatitis B, COVID, and MMRV vaccines. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary dismissed the previous ACIP members and appointed 12 new members. Several new appointees publicly expressed doubts about vaccine safety and the severity of the COVID pandemic. ACIP voted not to recommend the combined MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella, varicella) vaccine for children younger than four. The hepatitis B recommendations remained largely unchanged, and members supported testing all pregnant people for hepatitis B infection.
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