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CDC advisers vote to change guidance on MMRV vaccines [1]
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Date: 2025-09-18
Quick heads up:
Politico is reporting that Kennedy's anti-vaxxer advisory committee votes to push MMRV vaccine recommendation to 4 years old. BUT the MMR will still be available to children under 4 years old. (Just not the MMRV.)
“The vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday voted in favor of delaying the administration of the vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox), commonly called the MMRV. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is scheduled to vote on three questions during Thursday’s meeting. Five of the members were appointed to the committee just this week. Children can normally get the MMRV vaccine beginning at 12 months of age.” Link to story at Politico: thehill.com/...
MMRV no longer recommended for kids under 4 Tension between the committee and the medical establishment surfaced throughout the discussion over changes to the MMRV vaccine guidance. At issue was evidence, presented by CDC staff, showing a slightly increased risk of fever-related seizures in children ages 12-23 months after receiving the MMRV shot compared to the MMR, which concerned some committee members. "I would go with the option that seems to be safer," said ACIP member Retsef Levi, an MIT professor of operations management who gained prominence during the pandemic for criticizing COVID vaccines. But Dr. Cody Meissner, a pediatrician at Dartmouth College and ACIP member, pointed out that fever-related seizures, while "frightening" for the family, are not uncommon. They occur in 3% to 5% of all children. "Every pediatrician is experienced in febrile seizures. We know that the prognosis is excellent," he said. Removing the MMRV shots from the vaccine schedule for children under age 4 would spark more public confusion, compromise insurance coverage and potentially lead to fewer kids being vaccinated, said Dr. Jason Goldman, president of the American College of Physicians who is acting as a liaison to the committee. Link to story: www.npr.org/...
Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisory Committee meets again tomorrow to discuss other vaccinations including the Covid-19 booster. Also, a decision on Hepatitis B vaccine is still to be voted on.
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