COVID-19 ACIP Vaccine Recommendations

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

CDC now recommends that children between the ages of 5 and 11 years receive the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine. Get more information and read CDC’s media statement.

Published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance to the Director of the CDC regarding use of vaccines and related agents for control of vaccine-preventable diseases in the civilian population of the United States. Recommendations made by the ACIP are reviewed by the CDC Director and, if adopted, are published as official CDC/HHS recommendations in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

CURRENT COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations

Page last reviewed: August 30, 2021