U.S. CDC Vaccine Committee Meets This Month

The U.S. CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently published a draft agenda for its meeting scheduled for February 26-28, 2025.

This ACIP meeting will be hosted at the CDC in Atlanta, GA, is open to the public, and will be broadcast digitally on YouTube.

On Wednesday, February 26, Dr. Keipp Talbot (ACIP Chair) will welcome the new ACIP members and lead discussions on Meningococcal, Chikungunya, Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) disease, and related vaccines.

The ACIP will vote on specific recommendations, which are then sent to the CDC"s Director for consideration and/or approval.

As of January 24, 2025, Susan Monarez, PhD, became the Acting CDC Director, First Assistant to the Director, and Principal Deputy Director.

On Thursday, the 27th, the committee will continue discussing RSV vaccines and then review Human Papillomavirus, Mpox, Pneumococcal, and Lyme diseases.

Then, on Friday, the 28th, COVID-19 and Cytomegalovirus vaccines will be discussed.

The CDC has already scheduled additional ACIP meetings for June 25-26 and October 22-23, 2025.

The ACIP includes up to 19 voting members responsible for making recommendations. The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selects these members. ACIP voting members are independent medical and public health experts who do not work for the CDC.

These ACIP meetings are essential as the CDC sets the U.S. adult and childhood immunization schedules based on recommendations from ACIP.