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CDC advisory panel to reconvene next month as agency resumes operations after shutdown

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CDC FILE PHOTO:(Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) (Anadolu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

ATLANTA — With the federal government now reopened, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is preparing to meet early next month at the agency’s Atlanta headquarters.

The panel will review several major items on its agenda, including vaccine safety, updates to the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, and guidance surrounding hepatitis-B vaccines.

CDC employees had been furloughed during the 43-day government shutdown, delaying committee operations and upcoming recommendations.



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