Texas Attorney General Investigates AAP’s Financial Ties to Childhood Vaccine Recommendations
When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a wide-sweeping investigation into financial incentives tied to childhood vaccinations in January, his office issued more than twenty civil investigative demands to pediatric providers, insurance companies, and vaccine manufacturers across the country. Seven months later, that investigation has expanded. Paxton’s office has now issued a civil investigative demand […]
Presidential Executive Order on Childhood Vaccines and Autism Issued
On Aug. 10, 2026, the Trump administration issued an executive order revising the childhood vaccine recommendations in the United States. The order calls for recommending that all children be vaccinated against eleven diseases (down from the current 17), including measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, human papillomavirus, and […]
OB-GYN Trade Group Breaks with CDC and Makes Own Maternal Vaccination Recommendations
The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) has split from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time ever, releasing its own 2026 recommended maternal vaccine schedule.1 2 The new schedule is endorsed by 13 medical societies and health organizations including the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and […]
Executive Order Directs CDC to Reduce Number of Recommended Childhood Vaccines
On May 29, 2026, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Realigning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations With Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries” endorsing a scientific assessment done earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) calling for a reduction in the number of recommended vaccines for children […]
AAP Issues Its Own Recommended Childhood Vaccine Schedule
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released its own recommended childhood vaccine guidance, breaking with updated recommendations issued earlier this month by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 On Jan. 6, 2026, the CDC formally updated the U.S. childhood vaccination schedule, introducing changes as to how vaccines are categorized and recommended. […]
CDC Changes Recommendations for Six Childhood Vaccines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced updates to the national childhood vaccine schedule involving six vaccines (rotavirus, COVID-19, influenza, meningococcal disease, hepatitis A, and hepatitis B) following a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to review and revise its recommendations. The changes clarify which vaccines […]