The nation’s largest professional organization for pediatricians on Tuesday reiterated its recommendation that children 6 to 23 months old receive an updated COVID-19 vaccination, putting it at odds with new Trump administration guidelines.

The American Academy of Pediatrics also loosened its recommendations for those 2 to 18 years old, from a blanket recommendation for a vaccine against the virus to a recommendation only for children with certain medical conditions that put them at higher risk for severe COVID-19.

That too creates a gap between AAP and new federal guidelines: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May recommended the vaccine only for children 6 months to 17 years old who are "moderately or severely immunocompromised."

Trusting the science

The CDC and AAP bo

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