Washington — The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention on Monday announced updated recommendations for childhood vaccines with some significant changes. The new guidelines recommend fewer shots ...

(NEXSTAR) – The U.S. is changing which vaccines are recommended for children, slashing the number of shots endorsed for everyone and leaving more decisions in the hands of parents and pediatricians.

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Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected. By Maggie Astor Dani Blum and Teddy Rosenbluth When the Centers for Disease ...

The U.S. federal government slashed the number of diseases that all children are advised to be vaccinated against to 11 from 17. By Maggie Astor Dani Blum and Teddy Rosenbluth The Centers for Disease ...

An overhaul of US childhood immunisation guidelines has dropped the number of diseases children should be vaccinated against from 17 to 11. The new list of recommended vaccines, issued by the Centers ...

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In an unprecedented change, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of immunizations routinely recommended for all children from 17 to 11. On the new schedule, vaccines ...

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