US vaccine panel votes against use of combined measles shot in children under 4

(Reuters) -A panel of U.S. vaccine advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted to remove the U.S. CDC’s recommendations that allow for the use of a combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine in children under 4 years of age.

The panel voted 8 to 3 against use of the combined shot, and recommended that children in this age group receive the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine, and a separate varicella vaccine.

(Reporting by Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Richard Chang and Leslie Adler)