ORLANDO, Fla. – Former U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Antonia Novello, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush, has a warning for parents today.

“The beauty that we enjoy today is because of the vaccines that were given to us in the past,” Novello said.

It comes as two common childhood vaccines are being examined by the CDC’s new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: The Hepatitis B shot and a combined MMRV shot. Any changes could alter insurance coverage and cast doubt on their safety and efficacy.

Dr. Novello says she has seen first-hand the benefits of childhood immunizations.

“I am a pediatrician. I’ve taken care of too many sick children to have some that come to me because, by no choice of their own, they got sick, but to get sick and die because somebody said that a vaccine h

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