Federal health officials upended the immunization schedule for American children this week. These are the diseases affected.

Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.

Announced on Monday, the revised schedule drops the number of recommended immunizations from 17 to 11. The CDC suggests that only “high-risk” kids should get many of the vaccines that are no longer en

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged to improve children’s health. But his sweeping changes to the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule will do the opposite, health experts warn.

Schools, buffeted by post-pandemic politics, have become less strict in enforcing vaccination mandates, The Post found. Some school officials said their highest priority in the wake of covid lockdowns has been ensuring students return to class, not enforcing inoculation requirements or encouraging shots.

Child vaccination policies and school immunization requirements are not changing in New York State.Tuesday’s message from Health Commissio

The CDC's recommendations are effective immediately, cutting the number of immunizations children receive from 18 down to 11.

Federal officials say the U.S. schedule should be more in line with slimmer recommendations in other countries. Public health experts say the goal belies big differences between health systems and disease prevalence.