Flu Symptoms in Kids Can Turn Deadly Fast. The Flu Shot Is Still the Best Protection, Doctors Say

After child flu deaths broke a record last winter, the CDC dropped its universal flu shot recommendation for kids. Here's ...

Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.
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Did the vaccine schedule require kids to be injected 72 times? No.

The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...