Latest on the CDC's vaccine advisory panel meetings

The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel met for a second day Friday to weigh recommendations.

The panel, hand-picked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to change guidance on the MMRV shot for children.

Dr. Margot Savoy is the chief medical officer for the American Academy of Family Physicians. She joined the WGN Evening news to explain more on the meetings and the votes.

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