Bloomberg The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s key vaccine panel will reconvene in December to again weigh changes to the long-standing childhood immunization schedule.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, will meet on Dec. 4 and 5, according to a Federal Register notice posted on Wednesday. The panel will discuss vaccine safety, the childhood and adolescent shot schedule and the hepatitis B vaccine — an issue it previously debated and delayed for further study.
The group’s votes determine which vaccines are covered by insurance or offered for free under federal programs. It also sets the national childhood immunization schedule.