"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a memo Monday that shifted immunizations against hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID-19 from vaccinations recommended for all children to those that should be given if a child is at increased risk of disease or based on clinical decision-making in conversation with one's physician."
"Special medications to prevent respiratory syncytial virus, often called RSV, are recommended to all newborns if their mothers had not received the RSV vaccine during pregnancy; they were moved to a high risk designation, though that shift is functionally the same, as babies are at high risk if their mother was not vaccinated."
"Trump administration officials justify the unprecedented change in a 10-page decision memo signed by Jim O'Neill, acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arguing that these particular shots are not given universal recommendations in other countries, such as Denmark, and thus should not be routinely administered in the U.S."
The federal government removed six vaccines from the routine U.S. childhood immunization schedule, reclassifying them as risk-based or to be given after clinician discussion. Vaccines affected include hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, meningococcal disease, influenza and COVID-19. Special medications for RSV were moved to a high-risk designation for newborns whose mothers lacked the RSV vaccine during pregnancy, maintaining similar protection logic for those infants. Officials justified the change by noting that peer countries do not universally recommend these shots and cited limited randomized trials and post-licensure monitoring infrastructure. Pediatricians reported immediate parental concern and questions. The American Academy of Pediatrics criticized claims of insufficient evidence and issued a fact-check response.
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