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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by paganholiday on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:13PM (#46505778)
HIV was a gift to the Christian right and now that medication has been so successful, things like HPV make up a larger part of what they have left. Helping parents misuse their small power in general but extreme power over their children also plays into the hands of people wanting the corruption of power over truth.
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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by tanderson92 on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:30PM (#46505997)
There is no change in the HPV recommendation.
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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by schlauerfox on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:34PM (#46506061)
You are not correct according to Reuters. "The new schedule also recommends U.S. children receive a single dose of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, rather than a two-dose course. Recent studies have concluded that a single dose is not inferior to the longer course and noted the World Health Organization also backs a single dose schedule." https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...
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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by derbOac on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:50PM (#46506251)
The HPV single dose recommendation was probably coming regardless of who was in office.
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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by tanderson92 on Monday January 05, 2026 @05:50PM (#46506250)
Interesting. In context that is not the claim what I am contradicting in the comment chain, despite that it is the literal reading of what I said.
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Re:US will overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend ... by tamcap on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @01:23AM (#46509313)
This clarification is missing from many others sources (such as the AP one I saw from a local news source): https://www.wral.com/news/ap/9b8df-us-drops-the-number-of-va... .

What you are describing is a somewhat routine adjustment and if it's non-inferior... sure. But it sure reads differently in different sources...

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