US EditionMichigan Schools Are Getting More Vaccine Waivers. How Covered Is Your Kid’s School?
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends COVID-19 vaccines for young and high-risk children based on scientific evidence, despite diverging CDC guidance and low vaccination rates.
- The AAP on Aug. 19, 2025 diverged by issuing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations that conflict with the CDC, marking the first such difference in 30 years.
- After reviewing safety assessments, the Academy decided young children and children with specific high-risk conditions remain vulnerable, noting only 3.8 percent of hospitalized children were up to date and the Vaccine Integrity Project found no new safety concerns on Aug. 19, 2025.
- The AAP now recommends a complete COVID-19 vaccine series for children 6 to 23 months and a single dose for high-risk children ages 2 through 18, with Moderna approved only for high-risk kids and Pfizer's authorization possibly ending.
- Parents and providers now face confusion amid rising COVID-19 cases, and the AAP warns insurance may not cover vaccines without insurer alignment, while the Vaccines for Children program covers eligible kids.
- Legal and institutional fallout has included the American Academy of Pediatrics boycotting Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. restructured it, coinciding with declining vaccination rates in Kentucky and public resistance to pediatric COVID shots.
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RFK Jr. Slams American Academy of Pediatrics for Recommending Vaccines Created by Top Donors - LewRockwell
Robert F. Kennedy. Jr. called out the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for recommending vaccines – including the dangerous COVID shots – created by its top corporate supporters without disclosing its conflicts of interest. The AAP recently made headlines for releasing its own recommended childhood vaccine schedule independent of the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which was recently overhauled by Kennedy, the secretary …
Local health expert reacts to AAP, CDC split on vaccine guidelines for children
For the first time in three decades, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued different guidelines regarding children's COVID-19 vaccinations, creating confusion for parents as vaccination rates decline across Kentucky.The divergence comes as public health experts report concerning drops in childhood vaccination rates statewide, with kindergartners entering elementary school showing the lo…
Detroit Evening Report: Uncertainty surrounds Michigan’s access to updated COVID-19 vaccines - WDET 101.9 FM
As COVID-19 cases rise in Michigan this summer, it’s still unclear when residents will be able to get the updated vaccine at local pharmacies, clinics and doctors’ offices.Differing recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and other federal health officials have created confusion over who should get the vaccine. Michigan health leaders have also diverged from federal…
A prominent Chicago pediatrician says he’s aligning himself with the influential American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in its disagreement with the federal government over COVID-19 vaccine guidelines for children because, he says, the AAP’s recommendations “are based on science, not politics.” “Until Secretary [Robert F.] Kennedy [Jr.] took the reins... I was always able to feel very confident in the recommendations that were coming from the fede…
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