You Might Have to Ask: ACIP Update
Karen Ernst
The CDC’s vaccine committee (ACIP) met last week to review several vaccines, including those for measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox (MMRV), hepatitis B, and COVID-19. They decided that COVID vaccines should still be available for everyone, but the choice should be made together with a doctor, and most insurance will still cover them.
For kids, the combined measles-mumps-rubella-chickenpox shot (MMRV) will no longer be used for the first dose, so they will need to get an MMR and a chickenpox...