The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines recommended for all children. The action follows a presidential memorandum ordering a review of the U.S. schedule.

Federal health officials announced an unprecedented shift in the childhood vaccine schedule Monday, reducing the number of shots the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends for

How many vaccinations your child gets from birth through 12th grade may soon change after the CDC issued new guidelines.

The departure from federal guidelines will “help save lives and prevent infectious diseases”, according to state health officials.

After a year of major shifts in the federal government's policy toward vaccines, Americans are now more likely to trust the American Medical Association than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention when the two conflict on vaccine guidance,