The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC’s) Vaccine Advisory Committee will hold a two-day session on Tuesday, laying out new recommendations, including proposals to reduce current COVID-19 vaccine guidelines.
Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of CDC is expected to present guidance on the use of the Covid-19 vaccine from 2025-2026, suggesting that the department adopt “narrow” recommendations and maintains only this series for specific populations within these groups.
When voted on April 3, the majority of advisors (76%) expressed risk-based support rather than the universal Covid-19 vaccination recommendations for the 2025-2026 schedule, up 10% from the February vote.
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The nurse fills the syringe with the Johnson & Johnson Covid 19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Mary Altafer)
The 70-page presentation outlines three possible policy options for the Covid-19 vaccine. This includes a transition from recommending annual shots for everyone over six months.
Currently, annual COVID-19 shots are recommended for more than six months. The proposed policy options continue with current universal policies, while the other recommends vaccines only for those at high risk of severe illness, such as elderly people, underlying health conditions, pregnant women and healthcare workers.
The third option blends the two and maintains a universal recommendation for shots that restrict shots in younger groups to those over 65 but at higher risk.
“When we first announced the 2025-2026 Covid-19 vaccine policy options in November 2024, the Workgroup highly valued the pros and cons of risk-based and universal vaccine recommendations,” writes Panagiotakopoulos. “At the time, there was no consensus on recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines for 2025-2026. Workgroup requested additional information to inform you of the decision-making process regarding severe COVID-19, transmission and immunity, vaccine implementation and access, and cost-effective risk factors.”
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The presentation also suggests ways to define “increased risk” that examines both health factors and increased exposure, such as living in long-term care facilities or working in high contact jobs.
The two-day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Vaccination Practices examines information members vote as official recommendations.
The end of the presentation will include discussion questions about the pros and cons of the 2025-2026 universal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Key points of discussion include the groups to be excluded from vaccination, the data still needed to guide decisions, and whether most people are already considered “at risk.”
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In this picture, a syringe and an example vial with the Covid 19 vaccine can be seen in front of the center for the logo of disease control and prevention. (Pavlo Conchar/SOPA Images/Lightrocket via Getty Images)
According to the CDC, the Vaccine Committee’s agenda also includes updates on the measles outbreak session and “literature related to reducing HPV vaccine doses.”
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Committee members will vote on recommendations on Wednesday regarding meningococcal vaccines, meningococcal vaccine VFC, RSV adults and Chikungunya vaccines.
The meeting is due to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overseeing the major CDC reorganization. The plan includes moving non-communicable disease-related sectors into administration for a healthy America to focus on chronic disease management. The move follows important downsizing under President Donald Trump’s orders, cutting the CDC workforce by about 4,000.
Jamie Joseph is a US political reporter for Fox News Digital, covering transgender and cultural issues, the departments of education, health and welfare, and state legislative development.
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