MedPageToday Other agenda items for December meeting include the childhood immunization schedule. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) will meet Dec. 4 and 5, according to a Federal Register notice that indicates that recommendation votes may be scheduled for hepatitis B vaccines.
Other items on the agenda include the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule and vaccine safety, according to the public notice.
It’s the fourth meeting for the group this year, which usually meets three times per year; it will be the third meeting for the panel as reconfigured under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
When ACIP met in September, the advisors postponed a vote on the hepatitis B birth dose, concluding there hadn’t been a thorough discussion on the safety, effectiveness, and timing of the vaccine. It remains to be seen if the group feels prepared for a vote this time around.