CDC panel votes to change guidance on MMRV vaccine for kids

An advisory panel to the CDC voted to adjust recommendations for a measles vaccine that includes protection against the varicella, or chickenpox, virus. The new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices suggests the MMRV vaccine shouldn’t be recommended for children under age 4 because of a small risk for febrile seizures in that age group.