US recommends fewer childhood vaccines in major shift

The dramatic shift -- announced by the US health department, which is led by long-time vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. -- means the country will no longer recommend that every child receive immunizations against several diseases including rotavirus and influenza. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention instead will recommend that shots preventing those illnesses as well as hepatitis A, hepatitis B and meningococcal disease be administered for select groups of high-risk individuals or...