Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

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Suspended by federal court; cannot meet

The federal government has issued official vaccine recommendations for every respiratory season since 1964. This fall, for the first time, that guidance is absent—and four physician groups wrote their own.

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Reconstituted under RFK Jr.; driving changes to the childhood vaccine schedule starting with hepatitis B at birth

In December 2025, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 8–3 to end the universal recommendation for hepatitis B vaccination within 24 hours of birth. The committee was reconstituted by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On December 16, 2025, Acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill formally adopted the recommendation.

Updated May 10

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Reconstituted panel narrowing several vaccine recommendations under RFK Jr.’s influence

In his second term, President Donald Trump is overhauling U.S. childhood vaccination policy. He argues the country gives too many shots compared with its peers. On December 5, 2025, a federal vaccine advisory panel voted 8–3 to end the longstanding hepatitis B shot recommendation for newborns. Trump signed a memorandum ordering the HHS secretary and CDC director to review the childhood schedule and align it where possible with peer countries' practices.

Updated May 10

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Recommendations on hepatitis B birth dose formally adopted by CDC; serology testing proposal still under CDC review

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 8–3 on December 5, 2025 to end the recommendation that every U.S. newborn receive a hepatitis B shot within 24 hours of birth. The committee had been recently overhauled under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; acting CDC Director Jim O'Neill ratified the change on December 16, 2025.

Updated May 9