Childhood Vaccines

Ask the Pediatrician:  What is the difference between the AAP immunization recommendations and other vaccine schedules?

You may have heard that federal health officials recently cut the number of recommended childhood vaccines. The decision was not based on any new scientific evidence and broke from the careful review process that has helped keep U.S. kids healthy for decades. Pediatrician and infectious diseases specialist Dr. Sean O'Leary discusses what changed, why it matters and what the AAP recommends families should do.  Click here to read the article.