Healthcare Innovation October 6, 2025
The CDC encourages patients to make personal decisions regarding COVID-19 vaccines
Key Highlights
- The CDC’s new schedules promote individual-based decision-making for COVID-19 vaccination, moving away from universal booster recommendations.
- The CDC advises that toddlers receive a standalone varicella (chickenpox) vaccine instead of the combined MMRV shot, due to safety considerations like febrile seizures.
- These changes come amid rising COVID variants and ongoing debates over vaccination policies for children and pregnant women.
- The updated schedules will be available on CDC.gov by October 7, 2025, guiding healthcare providers and parents in vaccination decisions.
On Monday, October 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to...
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