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HHS Prunes Childhood Vaccine Schedule From 18 Shots To 11

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thianchai sitthikongsak/Moment/Getty ImagesOn Monday, HHS Deputy Secretary and acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim O’Neill signed a memo ordering the CDC to change its childhood vaccine recommendations, effective immediately. The new recommendations have recategorized shots for rotavirus, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and influenza as shots requiring “shared clinical decision-making.” The CDC maintains that children should be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, polio, whooping cough, tetanus, diphtheria, chickenpox, and human papillomavirus, or H...

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