Kennedy's advisory panel recommends new restrictions on MMRV vaccines
MIKE STOBBE and LAURA UNGAR
Associated Press
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Demonstrators rally for support of the CDC during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, June 25, in Atlanta.
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Committee members, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, right, talks with Vicky Pebsworth, left, during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Sept. 18 in Chamblee, Ga.
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Committee member Dr. Martin Kulldorf, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Sept. 18 in Chamblee, Ga.
ATLANTA — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on a combination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella.
Ungar reported from Louisville, Kentucky. AP Medical Writer Lauran Neergaard contributed to this story.
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Committee members, Dr. Joseph Hibbeln, right, talks with Vicky Pebsworth, left, during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Sept. 18 in Chamblee, Ga.
Committee member Dr. Martin Kulldorf, speaks during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Sept. 18 in Chamblee, Ga.
