The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has overhauled the United States’ childhood immunization schedule. On Monday, the federal agency revealed new recommendations, reducing the number of diseases that all American children should be vaccinated against to 11,

Federal health officials reduced the childhood immunization schedule from 18 to 11, removing vaccines for RSV, COVID-19 and hepatitis A, among others.

Health officials in California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii said they'll continue recommending routine childhood vaccines after the CDC scaled back guidance without new scientific evidence.

Former CDC chief Richard Besser says new vaccine cuts are “shocking” and risk fueling confusion, mistrust and preventable childhood diseases.

Federal health officials’ sweeping decision Monday to overhaul the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, significantly reducing the number of shots routinely recommended for all kids, is likely to deepen state divides over immunization mandates and further confuse parents,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this year’s flu season is “moderately severe” with at least 11 million cases of the illness. Of those 11 million cases, there have been 120,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths so far, Reuters reported.

Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the CDC.

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shows a massive spike in flu activity nationwide.