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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it will change its official recommendations for childhood vaccinations, proposing a reduction in the number of vaccines routinely recommended for healthy children. The decision was announced Monday by health officials.
According to US authorities, the core measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines will continue to be recommended, as will polio, chickenpox, HPV, and several other essential vaccines. However, recommendations for vaccinations against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), meningococcal disease, hepatitis B, and hepatitis A will be limited to children considered at higher risk for infection.
Meanwhile, for seasonal flu, COVID-19, and rotavirus vaccines, HHS will implement a so-called “shared clinical decision-making” approach. This means that vaccination will not be automatically recommended for all children, but an individual decision will be made after consultation between parents and healthcare professionals.
The proposed changes come as the United States faces a national surge in flu cases. Nine children have died from the flu so far, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Department of Health says that despite the changes in recommendations, all health insurance companies will continue to cover the cost of these vaccines without a co-pay. However, experts warn that the new policy could create an additional hurdle for some parents, who will now have to schedule additional doctor visits to decide on vaccinations that are no longer routinely recommended for healthy children.
According to CNN, the new childhood vaccination schedule in the US is moving closer to the practices followed in some other developed European countries, such as Denmark. This country, for example, does not recommend routine vaccinations for children against rotavirus, hepatitis A, meningitis, influenza, chickenpox or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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