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US vaccine panel votes against use of combined measles shot in children under 4

By September 18, 2025 | updated 8 months ago

U.S. Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington,D.C.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies before a Senate Finance Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's 2026 health care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/ File Photo
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(Reuters) -A panel of U.S. vaccine advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted to remove the U.S. CDC’s recommendations that allow for the use of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in children under 4 years of age.

The panel voted 8 to 3 against use of the combined shot, and recommended that children in this age group receive the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, and a separate varicella vaccine.

(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang and Leslie Adler)

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