CDC panel opts against requiring COVID shot prescription
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Earlier this week, the CDC removed telework as a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees. It has since put the action on hold.
Members of a union representing federal workers said it has been waiting for guidance from the CDC and its parent agency on whether telework will be considered an accommodation under its revised policy.
Over and over again, Covid-19 has shown it can cause severe disease in children, disease that is preventable by a safe and effective vaccine,” writes former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‘s (CDC) vaccine advisory panel has voted to raise the age kids should get their combined vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella, and chickenpox.and more vaccine changes could be coming.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) today voted to adopt a new recommendation for the child immunization schedule, while ensuring that all children receive immunizations for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox from 12 months of age.
The committee that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines is meeting today to weigh potential changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, including for hepatitis B vaccines given to newborns and the combined measles,