Top pediatricians buck RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine meddling on Covid shot guidance
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- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released its own evidence-based vaccination schedule for children, diverging from the CDC's guidance under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- AAP has actively opposed Kennedy's anti-vaccine actions, including spreading misinformation, firing CDC vaccine advisors, and restricting COVID-19 vaccine access without evidence.
- AAP boycotted Kennedy's CDC vaccine advisor meeting in June and filed a lawsuit in July against the US health department over changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
- The health department retaliated by barring AAP and other medical associations from reviewing scientific evidence for federal vaccine recommendations, accusing them of bias.
- AAP's vaccine schedule recommends COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 6 months to 23 months and high-risk children aged 2 to 18, contrasting with CDC's limited recommendations.