The movement has entered the new year with outstanding momentum.
Today, the HHS Press Office released an official statement announcing that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has acted on a Presidential Memorandum directing an update to the U.S. childhood and adolescent immunization schedule. The action follows a comprehensive scientific and international review and is formalized through an official CDC Decision Memorandum.
As a result, the number of vaccines recommended for routine administration to all children has been reduced from 17 to 11, bringing U.S. policy more closely in line with other high-income, peer nations — while preserving access to all FDA-licensed vaccines.
The changes are effective immediately.

