AAP Issues Competing Childhood Vaccine Schedule After CDC Downgrades Six Routine Shots
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The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued its own childhood and adolescent immunization schedule, breaking with the CDC by rejecting its recent downgrades and continuing to recommend routine vaccination against 18 diseases — including RSV, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, influenza and meningococcal disease — and saying it will no longer partner with CDC on a unified schedule, calling the revision dangerous and unnecessary. The AAP also reiterated a limited dengue recommendation for previously infected 9–16‑year‑olds in endemic areas amid halted U.S. distribution, while HHS defended the CDC changes as protective and aligned with international norms and front‑line pediatricians said they plan to follow the AAP and expect insurers to cover shots when parents choose them.
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