The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommended Covid vaccines for pregnant women in its updated immunization schedule issued Friday, signaling another split between practicing doctors and the nation’s top health official.

Panel members have been given a broad mandate, despite pleas from C.D.C. employees asking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to stop spreading misinformation.

The health and human services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is accusing the American Academy of Pediatrics of a pay-to-play scheme involving the pharmaceutical industry over its new childhood vaccine schedule.

The AAP published its own vaccine schedule in a break from federal guidance. HHS secretary RFK Jr. took to social media to respond.

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.

A leaked draft of the MAHA report includes no direct mentions of mRNA, COVID or other hot button issues for the MAHA movement.

If certain vaccines aren't recommended by the ACIP, it may lead to parents or guardians facing out-of-pocket costs if their children receive the shot. It could also mean the shots aren't covered by the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a federally funded program that provides no-cost vaccines to eligible children.

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.