SALT LAKE CITY — This time of year always brings a familiar routine for Utah families, as kids head back to school and doctors prepare for the upcoming fall season.

But this year, things are a little different for pediatricians.

“The CDC had come out with [Department of Health and Human Services] saying that children, unless they have some type of high-risk indication, that they would still be recommended the COVID vaccine, but in general all other healthy kids, they had come out saying, not recommended,” explained Dr. Lulu Waterhouse, a pediatrician at Wasatch Pediatrics.

However, the American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends COVID-19 vaccines for infants and young children , the first time, Waterhouse said, the group has diverged from the CDC in about 30 years.

“The AAP unf

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