Flu vaccine, several others, no longer recommended by CDC

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Monday marked a large shake-up successful vaccine recommendations.

Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the CDC are reducing the fig of recommended puerility vaccines from 17 to 11.

Supporters of the determination accidental it's astir giving parents much state with vaccinations. Still, section wellness experts accidental the cuts could worsen the dispersed of illness successful Fresno County, an country already struggling to execute vaccination rates.

Of those eliminated, Rotavirus, Hepatitis A and B, Meningitis, RSV, and the flu.

The CDC besides states that the flu vaccine should beryllium administered lone upon a doctor's recommendation.

The determination comes amid a monolithic spike successful flu cases, and successful Fresno County, experts accidental existent vaccination trends lone substance that surge.

"Flu vaccine complaint close now, each year, it's precise low, it's astir apt successful the 30%," said Health Educator astatine the Fresno County Department of Public Health, Leticia Berber.

She says the region has a agelong mode to spell earlier it tin scope steadfast immunity levels.

"In bid to scope extortion for the full community, it has to beryllium successful the 80%," Berber said.

The informing comes arsenic California sits connected a database of 45 states reporting "high" oregon "very high" flu activity, up from 30 conscionable past week.

In a statement, Governor Gavin Newsom, denouncing the decision, wrote successful part, "This reckless determination by the Trump medication has thing to bash with subject oregon informed prime - it's astir appeasing a debunked anti-vaccine docket being pushed by RFK Jr. and his allies... I powerfully condemn this determination that puts infants and children astatine existent risk."

Supporters of the determination accidental it gives parents much powerfulness to take which vaccines their children receive, but Berber says without the recommendations, things volition lone get worse.

"As we proceed passim the twelvemonth for this upcoming 4 years, that vaccination, we're going to spot it adjacent little than 30%," she said.

The determination was made without autarkic review, and the American Academy of Pediatrics has said the national authorities tin nary longer beryllium trusted to support American children from these diseases.