Bill Gates decries ‘significant reversal in child deaths’ as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year

The Gates Foundation rings the alarm on the century's first reversal in progress to save the worlds poorest children, ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee meets to discuss hepatitis B shot, childhood immunization schedule

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss the childhood vaccine schedule, adjuvants ...

CDC's vaccine advisers are likely to make a controversial change to long-used vaccine

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention will scrutinize the childhood vaccine schedule and may start to upend ...

CDC weighs major shift in childhood vaccine schedule

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering a significant change to the childhood vaccine schedule.
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V116 Elicits Robust Immune Responses in At-Risk Adults in Phase 3 Trial

The adult 21-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (V116) shows strong immune responses and tolerability in vaccine-naive at risk adults.
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Epidemiologist discusses the proposed changes to the childhood vaccination schedule

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about Thursday's federal vaccine advisory committee meeting and proposed changes to the child vaccination schedule.

WATCH LIVE: RFK’s CDC panel expected to vote on hepatitis B shot for newborns after delaying

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, meeting in Atlanta, voted to delay the decision until Friday after ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee expected to question childhood vaccination schedule

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee is expected to stop recommending universal vaccination of newborns against hepatitis B and question the childhood vaccination schedule when they meet Thursday.