The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scaling back childhood vaccination recommendations, reducing required vaccinations from 17 diseases to 11 in a move that could affect families, schools, and healthcare providers across the country.

The changes mean vaccines previously recommended for all children, including hepatitis B shots given to newborns for decades, are now only recommended for high-risk children. The same applies to RSV vaccines.

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"Even if your children aren’t attending school in-person right now, they still need to stay up to date on their immunizations. This will not only help keep our kids and our communities healthy and safe while attending camps, sports and other fun activities during the summer months, but will also set us up for a healthy and safe school year come August.”

Dr. Dorothy Sinard and Dr. Barbara Dentz are twin sisters, pediatricians and child health and safety advocates in Tennessee. The are the founders of Tennessee Families for Vaccines.ea.