A former Harvard Medical School professor who claims he was fired for refusing to receive the Covid-19 vaccine was appointed on Wednesday to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advisory panel for immunization policy.

As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to overhaul the CDC and FDA, here are the vaccine schedules that experts recommend.

Public health and infectious disease experts said they were surprised and confused about the move, and questioned why the HHS did not offer any reasoning for its decision.

The safety of approved mRNA vaccines is well-established and, as with other vaccines, continues to be monitored by multiple surveillance systems.

The FDA expanded its approval of Moderna's RSV vaccine on Thursday to include adults under age 60 at increased risk of the disease.

The RSV shot, mRESVIA, secured U.S. approval on Thursday for expanded use in at-risk adults aged 18 to 59 years, but needs the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation before it is made available for the age group.

Since the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorized in December 2020, more than 672 million doses have been administered in the United States. For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has broadly recommended up-to-date vaccination,

A widespread decrease in measles-mumps-rubella vaccination rates was seen in the United States after the COVID-19 pandemic.