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AAP Publishes Stand-Alone 2026 Child Vaccine Schedule, Defying CDC Overhaul

Backed by 12 medical groups, the move restores vaccines cut from the federal schedule, setting up dueling guidance nationwide.

Joining thousands gathered outside the State Capitol, opponents of a bill to repeal Connecticut's religious exemption for school vaccinations pray outside the Capitol before the State Senate voted on the legislation, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Hartford, Conn. (Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP)
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Overview

  • The AAP schedule restores routine immunization for 18 diseases, reversing the CDC’s Jan. 5 reductions that shifted RSV, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, influenza and meningococcal vaccines out of universal recommendations.
  • Twelve professional organizations, including the American Medical Association, American Academy of Family Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America, formally endorsed the AAP guidance.
  • At least 28 state health departments have signaled they will follow the AAP recommendations rather than the CDC’s revised schedule, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
  • The AAP keeps COVID-19 vaccination routinely recommended starting at 6 months and retains a two-dose HPV series, diverging from the CDC’s new one-dose HPV approach and conditional categories for several shots.
  • The AAP and allied groups have filed suit to block the federal changes, and clinicians warn competing schedules could confuse parents even as insurers continue to cover all recommended vaccines.