The medical community is waging a public relations fight against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID-19 vaccines as students head back to school across the United States.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Wednesday issued more expansive COVID recommendations for children than the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), underscoring the growing breakdown in cooperation between doctors and federal health authorities.
Parents trying to navigate these recommendations face an increasingly complicated array of recommendations. • For children 6 months to 11 years old who are not immunocompromised, the CDC recommends shared decision-making with doctors, effectively leaving it up to parents. • However, the Food and Drug Administration last month only approved th