As an alternative to new federal vaccine recommendations, the American Academy of Pediatrics released its own childhood vaccine schedule Monday with the backing of a dozen of the nation’s most ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Monday an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule that recommends fewer shots to all children. Under the change — effective ...

At least 20 states have said they are using guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other medical associations when setting vaccine policies and immunization schedules, in some cases ...

Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of death and disability: chronic diseases. Her focus includes autoimmune conditions and diseases of the lungs, kidneys, liver (and more). She writes about ...

Public trust CDC wanes following the agency's reduction of recommended childhood vaccines from 17 to 11, per a KFF poll of U.S. adults.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically reducing the number of vaccines it recommends to all American children, taking six off the list that have been considered routine ...

Illinois’ adoption of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ childhood vaccine schedule is the latest example of Illinois ...

It probably won’t immediately become more difficult for children to get the vaccines that the federal government removed from its universal recommendations. Insurance companies so far say that they ...