Flu activity could continue to increase in the U.S. over the next few weeks, according to a top flu epidemiologist at the CDC.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has overhauled the United States’ childhood immunization schedule. On Monday, the federal agency revealed new recommendations, reducing the number of diseases that all American children should be vaccinated against to 11,

Federal health officials reduced the childhood immunization schedule from 18 to 11, removing vaccines for RSV, COVID-19 and hepatitis A, among others.

Here are five things parents and caregivers should know about the new vaccination schedule changes for children. The new guidelines no longer universally recommend children receive vaccines for rotavirus, hepatitis A and hepatitis B, meningitis (meningococcal disease), RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), COVID, and influenza (the flu).

CDC officials said the revisions follow a directive from the Trump administration to align U.S. vaccination policy more closely with peer nations, such as Denmark, that administer fewer routine childhood vaccines while reporting comparable health outcomes.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a sweeping overhaul of the US childhood vaccine schedule, cutting the number of universally recommended vaccines for children from 17 to 11.

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Wednesday it will continue to recommend its full suite of childhood vaccinations despite a recent shakeup of federal vaccine guidelines. The announcement comes on the heels of an unprecedented change at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention slashing childhood recommendations from 17 to 11 total vaccines.

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday shows a massive spike in flu activity nationwide.

The CDC announced on Monday it is changing the childhood immunization schedule, removing the universal recommendation for multiple shots.

Flu cases are rising across the U.S. Here's what you need to know about symptoms, flu duration and the new strain

The spread of influenza-like illness has reached "very high" levels in Michigan, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.