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The Texas DSHS now recommends early MMR doses for infants and accelerated second doses for children in outbreak counties, reflecting WHO-aligned outbreak protocols.

FDA officials emphasize that unlike other high-income nations targeting elderly and high-risk populations, the US previously maintained universal vaccination recommendations for all Americans over 6 months, a policy they now consider insufficiently evidence-based.

The 2015 JAMA study analyzing over 95,000 children’s health records, including 2,000 with elevated autism risk due to affected siblings, confirmed no increased autism risk from MMR vaccination.

Routine vaccination of infants under 8.5 months of age may lead to blunted MeV-specific antibody responses to subsequent MMR vaccination. Early MMR vaccination should only be considered during measles outbreaks or in other situations of increased risk of MeV infection.

Based on the data presented, the committee agreed that there was a need to change the influenza A/H3N2 virus strains from the 2024-2025 formula.

In a room of ten unvaccinated people exposed to the virus, nine are likely to become infected.