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US Vaccination Rates Drop as CDC Removes Universal Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Amid Legal Challenges

US Vaccination Rates Drop as CDC Removes Universal Childhood Vaccine Recommendations Amid Legal Challenges

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 The United States is facing significant public health challenges as federal vaccination policies undergo major changes. According to Politico, hepatitis B vaccination rates for newborns have dropped more than ten percent between 2023 and 2025, falling from 83.5 percent in February 2023 to 73.2 percent by August 2025. This decline occurred before the CDC officially removed its universal recommendation for the hepatitis B birth dose.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fundamentally altered the nation's childhood immunization schedule. According to reporting from multiple sources, the CDC eliminated universal recommendations for seven vaccines including those protecting against rotavirus, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus. These vaccines are now recommended only for certain high-risk groups through a shared decision-making approach with doctors, a significant departure from decades of established policy.

This policy shift has triggered legal action. According to Minnesota's Attorney General, fifteen states have filed a lawsuit challenging the vaccine schedule changes, arguing that they bypass federal law and ignore scientific evidence. The lawsuit notes that childhood vaccinations have prevented over 500 million illnesses and 1.1 million deaths in the last thirty years, generating 2.7 trillion dollars in societal savings.

The United States is also nearing one thousand measles cases for the third time in eight years, with confirmed infections in at least twenty-six states, according to reporting from the Associated Press. This resurgence coincides with declining vaccination rates and the policy changes affecting routine immunizations.

Medical organizations have mobilized in response. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, more than two hundred organizations have announced support for evidence-based childhood immunization schedules. The Academy previously filed its own lawsuit in July challenging the vaccine schedule overhaul.

For travelers, the CDC continues to recommend consulting with travel vaccine providers before visiting destinations like Mexico's Cancun and Riviera Maya during spring break season. Key disease risks identified by the CDC include mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya, dengue, and Zika.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet on March 18 and 19 after February meetings were canceled. This committee was significantly restructured in June, with all seventeen voting members replaced by individuals with different perspectives on vaccine policy.

These developments represent one of the most significant shifts in American vaccine policy in decades, with substantial implications for childhood disease prevention and public health outcomes nationwide.

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