"The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on 19 September to recommend Covid vaccines to anyone over the age of six months with shared provider decision-making. The ACIP vote on Covid vaccines was itself delayed from June to mid-September. Jim O'Neill, acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), officially signed off on the recommendation last week, according to an HHS press release though the CDC webpage on ACIP recommendations has not yet been updated with these details."
"The CDC also officially removed the recommendation for the combined MMR and varicella (chickenpox) vaccine, the statement said. This vaccine is preferred by one in six parents. O'Neill said providers were previously deterred from counseling patients on the benefits and risks of Covid vaccines. Informed consent is back, O'Neill said in the statement. CDC's 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred health care providers from talking about the risks and benefits of vaccination for the individual patient or parent."
HHS adopted updated Covid vaccine recommendations, enabling vaccination for anyone aged six months and older under shared provider decision-making. ACIP voted on 19 September after a delay from June and the CDC's acting director Jim O'Neill signed the recommendation. The CDC webpage has not yet been updated. The CDC also removed the recommendation for the combined MMR and varicella vaccine, which one in six parents prefers. O'Neill said providers were previously deterred from counseling patients about Covid vaccine risks and benefits and that informed consent is restored. CDC's 2022 blanket booster recommendation had deterred individualized provider-patient vaccination discussions. Access gaps left many children unable to receive vaccines.
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