HHS Seeks Public Comment on Vaccine Recommendation Categories

The Department of Health and Human Services has posted a request for information in the Federal Register asking whether the three categories used for vaccine recommendations—routine, risk-based, and shared clinical decision-making—are adequate, and whether new categories such as "recommended, but not during infancy" should be added. The move follows an executive order that reduced the number of universally recommended childhood vaccines. Critics, including the American Academy of Pediatrics' attorney, argue the request is a predetermined step to restructure vaccine policy.