Children's Health Defense The American Academy of Pediatrics’ new “evidence-based immunization schedule” recommends COVID-19 vaccination for all children between 6 and 23 months of age “to help protect against serious illness.” HHS accused the group of prioritizing “commercial interests” over children’s health.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending COVID-19 shots for infants, young children and children in “high-risk” groups — diverging for the first time in 30 years from the CDC on childhood vaccine recommendations.
The AAP’s new “evidence-based immunization schedule,” published in the AAP Red Book Online, recommends COVID-19 vaccination for all children between 6 and 23 months of age “to help protect against serious illness.” It also recommends a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for all children and adolescents 2-18 years old who are in a high-risk group.
The AAP also “recommends the vaccine be available for children ages 2-18 who do not fall into these risk groups, but whose parent or guardian desires them to have the protection of the vaccine.”
The groups’ updated guidelines also include recommendations for annual flu shots for all children starting at 6 months old, and RSV vaccination for several categories of infants up to 19 months of age.
In May, U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced changes to the COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for children and pregnant women. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends “shared clinical decision-making” between parents and providers for healthy children ages 6 months to 17 years.
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