The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday urged parents to get their youngest children vaccinated for COVID, part of a broader effort by medical organizations to bypass Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends all children ages 6 months to 23 months old receive a coronavirus vaccine as federal officials move to roll back recommendations.

In a clear rebuke to US health secretary and zealous anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday released its own evidence-based vaccination schedule for children —a task typically left to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its trusted advisory committee.