Dr. Sean O’Leary of the AAP said the changes could increase child illness and death from preventable disease. He voiced special concern that the U.S. would no longer recommend flu vaccine for children, just as the flu season is becoming severe and after last winter’s particularly harsh season.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The action follows a presidential memorandum ordering a review of the U.S. schedule.

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

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“All flu and Covid vaccines routinely should not be given to children unless they have risk,” infectious disease specialist Dr. Ed Dominguez explained. He said the update also included no more routine vaccinations for Hepatitis B or for RSV, respiratory syncytial virus.

The new CDC recommendation takes a much narrower view of the meningococcal disease threat. Because of "the low incidence rates of meningococcal disease in the U.S., the meningococcal vaccine should not be part of the consensus recommended vaccine schedule," according to a decision memo from the heads of NIH, FDA, and CMS.