CDC Advisory Announces 4 New Vaccine Recommendations This Year

Published on January 19, 2024

An arm of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is recommending four new vaccines this year while asserting that many Americans are not “up to date” on the shots. In a recent news release, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) said that the 2024 “schedule is particularly important because many adults are not up-to-date on recommended vaccines.” The four new vaccines that the CDC’s ACIP added to its list include the updated COVID-19 booster shot, one for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), another for meningitis, and one for monkeypox—or Mpox—for the first time....

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