Kennedy Approves Lower Age for RSV Vaccinations Based on Ousted CDC Advisers' Recommendations

The Trump administration is expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50, down from 60, following the advice of a recently fired panel of government vaccine advisers. RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, can be severe for infants and older adults. The CDC recommends vaccination for certain pregnant women and a onetime shot for everyone 75 or older. People as young as 60 with health problems can also get it. In April, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended expanding RSV vaccination to high-risk adults as young as 50. Last month, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of that panel and handpicked seven replacements that include vaccine skeptics. The new panel alarmed doctors’ groups by ignoring settled science on a flu vaccine preservative and announcing a probe of the children’s vaccine schedule. Kennedy adopted the ousted panel’s recommendation to expand RSV vaccination to high-risk 50-somethings, making it an official CDC recommendation.

According to the source: AP News.