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News Articles: ACIP

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Federal judge pauses changes made by the CDC's vaccine advisory committee

Georgia physicians say navigating the overhaul of vaccine recommendations has been confusing for them and their patients. 

March 18, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
A federal judge in Boston blocked changes to U.S. vaccine policies championed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Federal judge halts RFK Jr.'s changes to children's vaccine policies

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

March 17, 2026
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By:
  • Rob Stein
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meet in Atlanta in September 2025. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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Controversial federal vaccine advisory committee: Deadline is Thursday to comment on March ACIP meeting

A controversial federal vaccine advisory committee, which is scheduled to meet next week to discuss COVID-19 vaccine injuries and Long COVID has set a Thursday deadline for the public to submit comments.

March 09, 2026
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By:
  • Alison Young and
  • Healthbeat
A health care worker prepares syringes, including a vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), for a child's inoculations at the International Community Health Services Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in Seattle. AP Photo/Elaine Thompson

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Georgia physicians navigate new vaccine recommendations with skepticism

The new immunization recommendations developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put an emphasis on the very practice many physicians say they’re already doing.

February 05, 2026
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
Members of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) are seen during a meeting at CDC headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.

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CDC advisers vote to overturn decades-long policy on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

In a controversial move, the vaccine advisory group reversed a recommendations for universal immunizing of newborns intended to protect them from a virus that attacks the liver.

December 05, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang,
  • Rob Stein,
  • and 1 more
Dr. Robert Malone speaks during a meeting of the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at CDC Headquarters on December 4, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga.

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  • Health

CDC advisers delay planned vote on hepatitis B vaccine for infants

After a contentious discussion, the vaccine advisory group pushed the vote to Friday to give members time to study the language of proposed changes longstanding policy on the shots.

December 04, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory panel appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to discuss and vote on the hepatitis B birth dose recommendation during its two-day meeting starting Dec. 4, potentially limiting children's access.

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Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat

As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.

December 03, 2025
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By:
  • Jackie Fortiér
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meet in Atlanta in September 2025. (Rebecca Grapevine / Healthbeat)

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Georgians can now get updated COVID shots at pharmacies without a prescription

Georgians should now be able to get the updated COVID vaccines at pharmacies without a prescription after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved the latest federal guidelines. 

October 08, 2025
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By:
  • Rebecca Grapevine and
  • Healthbeat
A man receives an injection in his upper arm

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  • Health

In the classroom, optimism and concern raised over CDC vaccine discourse

Just last week, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made changes to their recommendations for well-known vaccines for kids and adults. But not far away, people who study public health were having their own conversations.

September 22, 2025
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By:
  • Sofi Gratas
ACIP member Retsef Levi speaks during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Ga. The federal vaccine advisory group, recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., made recommendations on the COVID vaccine.

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CDC vaccine panel adds new rules for getting the COVID vaccine in a tense meeting

The group voted to make people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, it failed to pass a proposal that states should require people to get a prescription.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone,
  • Rob Stein,
  • and 2 more
Martin Kulldorff (right) speaks with Robert Malone during a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on September 18, 2025 in Chamblee, Ga.

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  • Health

'We are rookies': Day 2 of CDC vaccine meeting opens with a reversal and a surprise

RFK Jr.'s reshaped ACIP vaccine panel re-did a vote from yesterday on the MMRV vaccine and scrapped plans for another vote on the hepatitis B birth dose.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone and
  • Selena Simmons-Duffin
Martin Kulldorff, chairman of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, speaks during a Thursday meeting of the panel in Chamblee, Ga.

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  • Health

CDC advisers punt on hepatitis B vaccine vote, after changing guidance on MMRV

The group was chosen by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. amid controversy. It's changed guidance for for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox shots and deferred proposed changes to hepatitis B.

September 19, 2025
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By:
  • Will Stone,
  • Rob Stein,
  • and 2 more
Members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices meet at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta in June.

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  • Health

CDC's vaccine advisers meet this week. Here's how they could affect policy

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. chose everyone in the group. Their votes could affect vaccine access for certain childhood vaccines and and the COVID shots. Here's what's at stake.

September 18, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice will have five additional members when it convenes Thursday in Atlanta.

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  • Health

5 new members added to CDC vaccine advisory panel ahead of key meeting 

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks more new vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, days before a two-day meeting to consider COVID and hepatitis B shots.

September 15, 2025
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By:
  • Pien Huang
Xerius Jackson, age 7, gets an MMR vaccine at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on March 1, two months into a multistate outbreak of measles that began in January. During this time, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made changes to how the federal government assesses vaccine recommendations.

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Fearing coverage could change, some parents rush to vaccinate their kids

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing how federal agencies handle vaccine recommendations. Some parents are hurrying to get kids their shots, fearing future changes could limit access.

July 25, 2025
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By:
  • Jackie Fortiér
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