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.

In a clear rebuke to US health secretary and zealous anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday released its own evidence-based vaccination schedule for children —a task typically left to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its trusted advisory committee.

The American Academy of Pediatrics said on Tuesday that children ages 6 months to 23 months should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, in contrast with federal health officials.