What You Need to Know About the Updated Childhood Vaccine Schedule

Let’s begin with the issue that matters most to many of our families: vaccine policy and medical freedom. The vast majority of families who choose our practice do so because we take a patient-first, holistic approach to healthcare and believe strongly in informed consent, individualized risk assessment, and parental authority — especially when it comes to childhood vaccination.

I want to be clear: I am not “anti-medicine” or dismissive of infectious disease. I am, however, deeply concerned by the over-expansion of the childhood vaccine schedule over the past several decades and the lack of meaningful long-term safety data evaluating its cumulative effects on developing immune systems. I am pro patient choice, pro medical freedom, and committed to telling the truth — even when it is uncomfortable.

What Changed?

In early 2026, the CDC quietly implemented a major restructuring of the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, reducing the number of diseases for which vaccines are universally recommended for all children. Several vaccines that were previously considered “routine” are now recommended only for select populations or under shared clinical decision-making.

While this shift has been framed publicly as a comparison to Denmark’s vaccine schedule, many of us in integrative and holistic medicine recognize this moment for what it truly represents: an implicit acknowledgment that the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule had expanded beyond what may have ever been medically necessary for healthy children.

Why This Matters

Since the modern childhood vaccine schedule was aggressively expanded beginning in the late 1980s and early 1990s, pediatric health outcomes in the U.S. have not improved — they have deteriorated.

• Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
• Childhood obesity and metabolic syndrome
• Asthma and chronic respiratory conditions
• Autoimmune diseases (including juvenile arthritis, thyroid disease, and inflammatory bowel disease)
• Food allergies, eczema, and anaphylaxis
• Neurodevelopmental diagnoses, including ADHD, sensory processing disorders, and autism spectrum disorders

Despite enormous investment in pharmaceutical intervention, American children are now among the sickest in the developed world when it comes to chronic disease. This reality cannot be explained away by “better diagnosis” alone.

What has not been adequately studied is the biological burden of repeated immune stimulation, exposure to adjuvants, preservatives, and residual manufacturing contaminants — all delivered during critical windows of immune and neurological development.

To date, no large-scale, long-term, placebo-controlled studies have evaluated the full childhood vaccine schedule as a whole. Instead, vaccines have been studied individually, in isolation, without accounting for cumulative exposure, genetic susceptibility, nutritional status, gut health, or environmental toxic load.

That is not sound science — and it is certainly not patient-centered medicine.

What This Update Signals

While public agencies may not openly state it, this policy change suggests that even federal health authorities recognize that a “one-size-fits-all” vaccine schedule may not be appropriate — or necessary — for every child.

This is not a radical position. It is a return to individualized medicine, where risk is weighed thoughtfully and decisions are made collaboratively, not mandated through fear or coercion.

What Does This Mean for Your Family?

Vaccine policy is enacted at the state level, not the federal level. This means school and childcare requirements may still vary depending on where you live, including here in North Carolina.

From a clinical perspective, I can tell you this: The vast majority of children in our practice are at very low risk for many of the diseases targeted by routine vaccination.

• Exclusively breastfeed
• Delay group childcare
• Keep infants at home during the first year of life
• Prioritize nutrition, gut health, and immune resilience

These factors matter — yet they are rarely considered in blanket public health recommendations.

My role is not to tell you what choice to make. My responsibility is to give you the information that allows you to make an informed, prayerful decision for your family — free from pressure, shame, or fear.

What We’ve Created to Support You

We’ve prepared a free resource, the Holistic Mama’s Survival Guide, available for download on our website. This guide walks families through the questions, considerations, and alternatives that are often missing from mainstream discussions.

Required Reading

Final Thoughts

No government agency, pharmaceutical company, or medical board will stand before God on your behalf. You will. And so will I.

I take seriously my calling to protect families, to speak truth, and to steward health with wisdom, courage, and humility. This is not about being “anti” anything — it is about being for children, for families, and for medical freedom.

If you have questions, keep reading. We will continue this conversation — transparently, faithfully, and without compromise.