The COVID-19 vaccine should become a regular part of the pediatric immunization schedule, an advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Thursday.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted on Oct. 20 to approve updated versions of both the adult and pediatric immunization schedules for 2023, which include COVID-19 vaccines.
The vote now needs the CDC’s sign-off, which the agency is expected to give. If that happens, vaccines to protect against the coronavirus will appear on the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule alongside familiar childhood vaccines against such as hepatitis, meningitis, polio, flu and measles.