Friday, a key federal advisory panel capped two days of confusing and often tense discussion on several new vaccine recommendations.  | Public health experts and doctors say the ACIP's chaotic voting process and changes to vaccine recommendations will sow confusion and doubt among patients and parents.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday suggested an overhaul to how children get vaccinated after claiming, without evidence, that many vaccines are unsafe as currently given. The president said he has talked with health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his proposed changes.

The group voted to make people who want a COVID shot to be briefed on harms and benefits, but in a close vote, it failed to pass a proposal that states should require people to get a prescription.

Only people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots, the advisory group recommended. There may be insurance roadblocks for others.

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President Trump on Monday offered personal suggestions on how and when parents should have children receive certain vaccines, offering advice that he said was based on his own feelings during a

Minnesota's health department endorsed COVID-19 vaccine recommendations from three national medical associations rather than the federal government.

In an email, the HHS spokesperson defended Kennedy’s ACIP, writing that the committee “is guided by gold standard science and will make any recommendations based on the totality of evidence presented to them. HHS has not, and will not, limit access to vaccines.”

RFK Jr.’s panel recommended halting MMRV vaccines for children under four and postponed voting on the hepatitis B schedule.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, called ACIP, on Friday voted to abandon its recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccination remains a crucial topic in public health, but recent discussions have raised doubts and created confusion.