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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its immunization schedules on October 6, 2025, adopting individual-based decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination instead of blanket recommendations for all Americans aged 6 months and older.</span

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its immunization schedules on October 6, 2025, adopting individual-based decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination instead of blanket recommendations for all Americans aged 6 months and older.

Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill stated that informed consent has returned, claiming the agency's 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred healthcare providers from discussing vaccination risks and benefits with patients.</span

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Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill stated that informed consent has returned, claiming the agency's 2022 blanket recommendation for perpetual COVID-19 boosters deterred healthcare providers from discussing vaccination risks and benefits with patients.

The new recommendations follow guidance from a reconstituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., replacing the previous panel of infectious disease experts who had recommended annual boosters.</span

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The new recommendations follow guidance from a reconstituted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., replacing the previous panel of infectious disease experts who had recommended annual boosters.

The CDC now recommends toddlers aged 12 to 23 months receive separate chickenpox and measles-mumps-rubella vaccines rather than the combined MMRV shot, which doubles the risk of febrile seizures without providing additional protection.</span

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The CDC now recommends toddlers aged 12 to 23 months receive separate chickenpox and measles-mumps-rubella vaccines rather than the combined MMRV shot, which doubles the risk of febrile seizures without providing additional protection.

Former National Center for Immunization director Demetre Daskalakis criticized the announcement as misleading, stating that all vaccination already involves patient discussion and that the changes may require prescriptions in some states.</span

Former National Center for Immunization director Demetre Daskalakis criticized the announcement as misleading, stating that all vaccination already involves patient discussion and that the changes may require prescriptions in some states.

COVID-19 vaccines will continue receiving coverage through private and public insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid and the Vaccines for Children Program, with approximately 85% of toddlers already receiving separate chickenpox vaccinations.</span

COVID-19 vaccines will continue receiving coverage through private and public insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid and the Vaccines for Children Program, with approximately 85% of toddlers already receiving separate chickenpox vaccinations.

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