Senator Roger Marshall speaks as U.S. Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies earlier than a Senate Finance Committee listening to on President Donald Trump’s 2026 well being care agenda, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 4, 2025.
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Through the listening to, Sen. Roger Marshall, a Republican from Kansas, pointed to an indication that mentioned “76 JABS” noting that’s what number of vaccines kids within the U.S. obtain by age 18.
Kids and youths might obtain a number of vaccines earlier than maturity; these are sometimes damaged up into a number of doses. These a number of doses don’t overwhelm a child’s immune system, the CDC says.
Vaccines are given early in life as a result of that’s the time when individuals are particularly vulnerable to illnesses.
Some infants can also obtain vaccines as a mixed shot that reduces the variety of needles they get at one time.
-ABC Information’ Youri Benadjaoud and Dr. Jade Cobern
