Overview
- Multiple outlets report HHS is preparing to recommend fewer routine childhood shots and to shift many vaccines to shared clinical decision-making, though the agency has declined substantive comment.
- The Washington Post and Reuters say officials are considering replacing universal CDC recommendations with parent‑clinician consultations for most shots, with specifics still unresolved.
- HHS postponed a planned children’s health announcement into next year, and a department spokesperson called current reporting speculation.
- The reconstituted CDC advisory panel already moved to end the universal newborn hepatitis B recommendation, with Reuters reporting the CDC dropped it this week.
- Public‑health and international experts warn that emulating Denmark’s smaller, universal‑care system could raise U.S. disease risk, with reports indicating vaccines such as RSV, rotavirus, varicella, hepatitis A, meningococcal and influenza are under review for de‑emphasis and with questions raised about insurance coverage, federal programs and manufacturer protections.