US EditionAmerican Academy of Pediatrics Departs From CDC with Childhood Vaccine Revisions
The American Academy of Pediatrics opposes CDC's narrower 2026 vaccine recommendations, urging routine immunization against 18 diseases; 28 states now follow AAP guidance, KFF reported.
- The AAP on Monday issued its 2026 childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, continuing routine protection against 18 diseases but no longer endorsing the CDC's revised schedule.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. disbanded and reconstituted the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices midway through 2025, prompting the CDC to issue a downsized schedule modeled partly on Denmark.
- The AAP's 2026 schedule continues to recommend vaccines for RSV, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, influenza and meningococcal disease, with twelve major medical societies including the AMA and IDSA endorsing it as `This is the standard of care,` Sean O'Leary said.
- As of Jan. 20, KFF found 28 states deviating from federal vaccine guidelines, many doctors and states now follow the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction this month.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents and families to follow physicians' guidance to protect children, warning that removing universal recommendations risks health and citing over 15 years of severe outcomes including 18 pediatric deaths.
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American Academy of Pediatrics departs from CDC with childhood vaccine guidance
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has once again diverged from recent federal vaccine guidance, publishing its own childhood immunization schedule for 2026 that recommends vaccinations against illnesses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) dropped earlier this month.
Pediatricians group issues vaccine schedule at odds with CDC
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released its own childhood vaccine schedule, breaking with updated guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The AAP recommends that children be vaccinated against 18 diseases, including respiratory syncytial virus, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, influenza and meningococcal disease.Current CDC guidance recommends vaccination against 11 diseases and no longer calls for universal childhood v…
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