February 20, 2023 6:57pm EST
CDC adds COVID-19 vaccines to official immunization schedule for kids as young as 6 months
CDC can’t mandate vaccines — but schools use its recommendations for guidance on requirements
By Melissa Rudy | Fox News
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a few updates last week to its child and adolescent immunization schedule.
One update was the addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the child and adolescent immunization schedule.
The schedule, which is posted on the CDC's website, recommends that children between six months of age and 18 years old should receive two doses of the primary series between four and eight weeks apart — followed by a booster dose at least eight weeks later.
Children who are "moderately or severely immunocompromised" should include a third dose in the primary series, says the CDC.
The CDC first recommended the COVID-19 vaccine for young children between six months and five years old in June 2022.
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