Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected.

A child in San Mateo County died of influenza this week, only days after the CDC announced a new reduced list of recommended vaccinations.

The flu vaccine was one that was taken off the list. What concerns Burson is that the vaccine can prevent serious illness in both kids and adults. The Influenza A strain is circulating now, and Burson said one study suggests that up to 25% of kids who get it will end up with a complication like sinus and ear infections and pneumonias.

State and local health department officials affirm their recommendations for childhood vaccine scheduling despite federal overhaul on immunization practices in the country. On Monday, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Jim O’Neill,

In 2023, the FDA and CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted in favor of recommending the monoclonal antibody nirsevimab (Beyfortus) for protecting a wide swath of at-risk infants from RSV. The second RSV monoclonal antibody clesrovimab (Enflonsia) received FDA approval in 2025.

The Department of Health and Human Services has updated the childhood immunization schedule to recommend 10, rather than 17, shots for kids.

Medical professionals and public health providers say the reduction in recommended immunizations is not supported by evidence.

I spent most of my childhood sick at home because of my severe allergies. When I turned to immunization shots, I knew it would be a time commitment.

Vaccines recommended for all children will include those for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and varicella, or chickenpox.