Overview
- The new federal guidance trims routine childhood recommendations from 17 to 11 diseases, moving flu, hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, RSV, and some meningococcal vaccines to high-risk or shared decision-making categories.
- Major pediatric centers including Children’s National, Texas Children’s, Seattle Children’s, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Cleveland Clinic say they will follow American Academy of Pediatrics guidance.
- Massachusetts issued its own AAP-aligned schedule that retains vaccines such as hepatitis B, rotavirus, flu, COVID-19, and RSV, and the state says insurers will continue to cover pediatric vaccines.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics and allied societies amended their lawsuit to restore the pre-2025 schedule and to postpone the CDC advisory panel’s Feb. 25–26 meeting.
- A federal court ordered the government to reinstate $12 million in child-health grants as flu and other respiratory illnesses surge, intensifying concerns that diverging recommendations will confuse families and suppress uptake.