US EditionChickenpox: Why the UK Has Approved the MMRV Vaccine in Under-Fours but the US Is Preparing to Restrict It
The UK aims to improve vaccination uptake with MMRV for under fours while the US limits use due to a slight increased febrile seizure risk of 1 in 2,300 doses.
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Chickenpox: Why the UK has approved the MMRV vaccine in under-fours but the US is preparing to restrict it
Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single jab, the US is moving in the opposite direction—restricting parents' ability to choose that same combination for their youngest children.
Chickenpox: why the UK has approved the MMRV vaccine in under-fours but the US is preparing to restrict it
Two countries, two different approaches to protecting children from chickenpox. While the UK prepares to introduce a combined vaccine covering measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) in a single jab, the US is moving in the opposite direction – restricting parents’ ability to choose that same combination for their youngest children. Just as the US has just celebrated 30 years of chickenpox vaccination, advisers to its health secretary, Rob…
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