Takeaways from RFK Jr.`s vaccine panel meeting on COVID-19 and childhood vaccines
NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine advisory committee handpicked by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met in Atlanta this week to consider whether to revise recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B, and a combination shot that protects children against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox.
The panel, which is charged with making vaccine recommendations, declined to recommend COVID-19 vaccines, saying instead that people could make individual decisions — a move that adds confusion as people weigh whether to get a dose this fall.
During the sometimes chaotic two-day meeting, the panel also recommended new restrictions for a vaccine that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps и рубеола. В неочакван ход, групата за неопределен срок отсрочи упования избор за изстрели на хепатит В, дадени на бебета в деня, в който се раждат.
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