The AAP’s other vaccine recommendations largely mirror those of ACIP. The new schedule also addresses recent updates on pentavalent meningococcal vaccine, the starting age of the human papilloma virus ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics released its vaccine schedule on Aug 19, which differs from the guidance provided by ...

The AAP published its own vaccine schedule in a break from federal guidance. HHS secretary RFK Jr. took to social media to ...

This explainer discusses what ACIP does, how it makes recommendations, and how administration actions may affect Americans’ ...

When Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently fired an entire federal vaccine advisory panel, he described the ...

Kennedy has long held that members of the vaccine advisory panels to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the ...

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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends easing of restrictions on influenza vaccine two months after unexpected shortage led government officials to restrict which groups should ...

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) is gravely concerned with the flawed process that occurred during the recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meeting on ...

An advisory committee debated the very few cases of a rare blood disorder and worried about the suspension’s effect on global needs for a one-shot, easy-to-ship vaccine.