Big Update to the Childhood Vaccine Schedule! 💉 As of January 2026, the CDC has revised the recommended immunization schedule for kids: • Routine for ALL children (11 vaccines): Protection against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), Hib, pneumococcal disease, polio, measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), HPV (now single dose), and chickenpox (varicella). • Vaccines like flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A & B, meningococcal, RSV, and others are now recommended only for high-risk kids or after talk

Please share widely. This is the R in the MMR vaccine. If a significant number of the general public stop getting their MMR vaccine, we will lose herd immunity and the likelihood that pregnant women get rubella will significantly increase. Congenital rubella syndrome can completely change a child’s entire life. These are permanent, avoidable conditions that we have taken for granted due to the success of public vaccination efforts in the past. I’m all about patient autonomy, and because of that,