Archive · 18 Sep 2025
CDC Vaccine Panel Debates Childhood Shot Safety
The CDC, a health agency, is having a meeting about vaccines for kids.
A panel of experts is looking at whether some vaccines might rarely cause seizures and if the vaccine schedule should be changed.
The discussion includes potential delays to the hepatitis B vaccine, given soon after birth.
Some doctors worry these changes might make parents less confident about vaccines.
However, others defend current procedures and emphasize that combination vaccines improve health outcomes and reduce missed shots.
A CDC panel questioned the safety of childhood vaccines and is considering changes.
Panel members discussed potential links between combination vaccines and seizures in children.
The panel is reviewing recommendations for hepatitis B and Covid vaccines.
Some critics claim the changes are not based on the right expertise and could undermine confidence in vaccines.
The panel is also re-examining the US pediatric vaccine schedule.
- Who
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ACIP members, pediatricians
- What
- CDC panel is debating changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and the safety of vaccines
- When
- Thursday
- Where
- US, at an ACIP meeting
- Why
- To re-evaluate the safety and timing of vaccine administration, and consider Kennedy's policy goals
American Academy of Pediatrics
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Vaccine Schedule
American Academy of Pediatrics
Opposes changes to childhood vaccine schedules, citing a process that doesn't serve children's best interest.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Considering changes to vaccine schedules and the Hepatitis B vaccine
- Event
- ACIP meeting on vaccine recommendations
- Key Focus
- Childhood vaccine safety
- Panel Chair
- Martin Kulldorff
- Proposed Changes
- Delaying Hepatitis B vaccine and reviewing childhood schedule
- Concerns
- Possible link between combination vaccines and seizures
- Advisory Committee
- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Opposes changes to the childhood vaccination schedule
