The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has cut the number of vaccines it recommends for all children, following a review of vaccination practices in other countries, and evidence on the benefits and risks of the shots on the CDC’s schedule.
Here’s what to know.
Schedule Aligned With Other Countries
A review, prompted by a 2025 directive from President Donald Trump, showed that the United States was “a global outlier among peer nations in the number of target diseases included in its childhood vaccination schedule and in the total number of recommended vaccine doses,” health officials wrote in an assessment that underpinned the changes.
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