Medical group goes against CDC, recommends COVID shots for young kids

Medical group goes against CDC, recommends COVID shots for young kids

Medical group maintains universal recommendation for infants, while CDC shifts to shared decision-making approach

The CDC no longer recommends the COVID-19 vaccine for children, but a major medical group is going against that guidance. (iStock)

In May 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that COVID-19 vaccines would be removed from the CDC’s routine immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

"Infants and children 6 through 23 months of age are at the highest risk for severe COVID-19," the AAP states in its release. (AP Images)