RFK Jr panelists make initial changes to childhood vaccine schedule | News

NEW YORK, Sept 19, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A US medical panel handpicked by President Donald Trump's health secretary made its first alteration to the standard childhood vaccine schedule on Thursday, as public health experts fear more changes that flout prevailing medical advice are in the pipeline. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) was revamped to reflect anti-vax advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s ideals -- and among its initial moves was voting to advise that no child under four should receive the combination MMRV shot, which covers measles, mumps, rubella and varicella. Parents should instead be offered the alternative of separate MMR and chicken pox injections for their children, members decided. The combination shot has a small risk of causing...