The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced on Monday it is changing the childhood immunization schedule. The federal health agency is removing the universal recommendation for multiple shots, in what it calls an attempt to mirror the schedules of peer countries.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reducing the number of vaccines it recommends for children, officials said Monday, a major shift that official say will bring the U.S. closer to

The Department of Health and Human Services has updated the childhood immunization schedule to recommend 10, rather than 17, shots for kids.

The U.S. is dropping universal recommendations for certain childhood vaccines, the Trump administration said Monday, in a dramatic overhaul of the immunization schedule that recommends fewer shots and marks a major policy shift under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The Department of Health and Human Services either committed an editing error or is offering "all diseases" to Americans via the Affordable Care Act.

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

The Illinois Department of Public Health has decided to not follow the CDC's recent changes to childhood vaccine recommendations, and will continue to recommend all vaccines previously recommended.

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