Fact check: Did the former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule call for babies to get 72 injections?

The Jan. 5 White House graphic showed two babies, each surrounded by needles, with the text: "European Country: 11 injections ...
PolitiFact

Did the vaccine schedule require kids to be injected 72 times? No.

The CDC never recommended babies get 72 injections . In 2024 and part of 2025, before the Trump administration’s changes, it recommended children up to age 2 get up to 12 different vaccines protecting ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

No, the US vaccine schedule doesn’t call for babies to get ’72 injections’

Under the 2024 schedule, which has been discontinued, babies could have received anywhere from 12 to 30 shots before their second birthday ...
Scientific American

RSV is surging—antibody shots and vaccines can protect babies

Cases of respiratory syncytial virus are increasing, but vaccines and antibody shots can keep young children out of the ...
NBC Washington

Parents who delay baby's first vaccines also likely to skip measles shots

With the United States likely to lose its measles elimination status in the next few months and the possibility of looming changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, new research highlights the risk ...
Netmums

The pregnancy vaccines that protect your baby after birth – here’s how they work

Midwife Sarah Joy Owen's insights about the whooping cough and RSV vaccines in pregnancy and why she recommends them to all pregnant women.