Northeast Ohio experts discuss changes to vaccine recommendations
An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control made changes to vaccine recommendations in a meeting last week that was described in media reports as tense and chaotic.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices or ACIP changed advice on COVID vaccines to a "shared decision-making model."
It also changed its recommendation regarding the combined childhood vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella or chicken pox (MMRV). The committee recommended that children under 4 not be given the MMRV vaccine and instead recommended an MMR vaccine and a separate shot for varicella…
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