RFK Jr. wants to scrutinize the vaccine schedule – but its safety record is already decades long

By: Jake Scott, Stanford University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: December 18, 2025

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Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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By Jake Scott, Stanford University

The U.S. childhood immunization schedule, the grid of colored bars pediatricians share with parents, recommends a set of vaccines given from birth through adolescence to prevent a range of serious infections. The basic structure has been in place since 1995, when federal health officials and medical organizations first issued a unified national standard, though new vaccines have been added regularly as science advanced.

Vaccines on the childhood schedule have been …

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