The main CDC vaccine will meet soon. We must get it properly

This week, the consulting body that the government is pursuing meets at the Center for Disease Control to consider a new round of immunization recommendations for adults and children.

This meeting of the Consulting Committee for Evidence Observations, or ACIPIt was a long time coming. Six weeks ago, Trump Administration Delay The first ACIP meeting scheduled for this year.

It may not look six weeks long, but such delays become important, for example, when doctors and pharmacies need to store vaccines before the autumn and respiratory winter season. The Center for Disease Control depends on ACIP recommendations in a timely manner to assign their adults and childhood immunization schedules in the United States, which doctors need for their patients. In addition, Medicare, Medicaid and Private insurance companies secure their coverage policies on ACIP recommendations.

Delayed delays can be dangerous to people’s health. The elderly and the people with high -risk conditions are representing Most of the deaths and hospitals Of respiratory diseases such as RSV, flu and Covid-19And standing to benefit more than effective vaccination.

But for all the vaccines made by applying to the public protection, the ACIP instructions should be accurate. At this meeting, ACIP will consider reducing risk -based agency RSV vaccines for adults between 50 years and over. Rsv causes 42,000 hospital A year in adults between the ages of 50 and 64 years in the United States, in addition to increasing death rates. In addition, More than 13 million Adults between the ages of 50 and 59 have at least one medical condition that increases the risk of severe complications in RSV. Reducing the recommended vaccination of risk will provide more prevalent and more prevalent protection, which reduces the burden of the disease in general and the associated health care costs.

We are in the aging alliance to the ACIP continuous commitment to the Covid-19 vaccine assessing, especially given Modern event data This indicates the protection of the vaccine similar to influenza vaccines between high -risk groups. We hope to see an advertisement issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to suspend vaccines and related biological products (VRBPAC) on any day now to meet and coordinate closely with ACIP to avoid delay in the production and availability of Covid-19 vaccines for the fall and winter season.

However, we are concerned about removing the important ACIP voices on influenza vaccines from The agenda of the original meeting. One vote for influenza vaccine for the influenza season in the United States 2025-2026 will determine After reviewing the FDA march.

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The second deleted vote was a decision to include influenza vaccines in the children’s vaccine program. The CDC Children’s vaccines (VFC) provides vaccines without any cost of qualified children and adolescents, ensuring that they do not miss the decisive vaccinations due to financial barriers. If ACIP does not vote on this VFC decision, there will be no free influenza vaccines provided to children who need this fall.

The decisions needed to remove or delay the ACIP voices on influenza vaccines are not important. A 5 % increase in vaccination coverage It can reduce flu with symptoms in all age groups, especially in pre -school and adults between the ages of 65 years and over. This is important because coverage in these groups is already near the target of the 70 % healthy people. Increased vaccination coverage can lead to fewer flu and tens of thousands of hospitals in a moderate severity season.

Perhaps these voices will be rescheduled for the June ACIP meeting. We hope to hear more this week.

return Measles It is a warning story to allow the bureaucratic maneuver to undermine the integrity of the policy of vaccine and public health. According to the Center for Disease Control, since January 1, 2025, three measles deaths have been reported in an adult that is not fortified in New Mexico and two in the unjust school children in Texas. Measles can be severe – of more than 710 confirmed measles in 2025 so far, 12 % has been transferred to the hospital.

We urge the committee to continue to give measles vaccination priorities, especially given its potential intensity among the elderly. Measles are the most infectious diseases in the United States, and complications can be particularly dangerous in the oldest population, causing serious conditions such as pneumonia, encephalitis, and even death. Before entering the measles vaccine in 1963, the virus killed about 500 Americans and disrupted about 1000 every year.

Despite the noise regarding conflicts in interests, ACIP has strict guarantees and disclosure rules To prevent unjustified effect on the policy of the vaccine. Members are prohibited from financial relationships with vaccine manufacturers, and those who have a previous research participation must back away from any related sounds.

Since ACIP has been formed more than Six decades Since then, her work helped save millions of lives. We must allow ACIP to work to protect public health.