What to Know About Pending Changes to Vaccines Against COVID-19, Measles

A federal vaccine advisory committee recommended several changes, while postponing a vote on hepatitis B vaccination.

Retsef Levi, member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, speaks during a meeting in Chamblee, Ga., on Sept. 19, 2025. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images

The panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made several recommendations to the agency during its recent meeting, and tabled a vote that could have led to a delay for the first vaccine most children receive.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., met in Georgia on Sept. 18 and Sept. 19.