The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending routine vaccinations against 11 diseases, down from 17 at the end of 2024. Leading medical groups are sounding an alarm over the

The CDC on Monday dramatically reduced the number of vaccines it recommends for all children. Here’s what parents should know.

The new CDC recommendation takes a much narrower view of the meningococcal disease threat. Because of "the low incidence rates of meningococcal disease in the U.S., the meningococcal vaccine should not be part of the consensus recommended vaccine schedule," according to a decision memo from the heads of NIH, FDA, and CMS.

On Monday, Jan. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it would downgrade six vaccines on the routine schedule for childhood immunizations. The changes scale back recommendations for hepatitis A and B, influenza, rotavirus, RSV and meningococcal disease.

In the hubbub and widespread criticism that accompanied the CDC’s new recommended childhood vaccine schedule, released this week, one subtle change has gone mostly under the radar. It concerns the HPV vaccine,