WASHINGTON — Last week, the Trump administration unilaterally cut the number of recommended pediatric vaccines, removing shots for diseases like rotavirus, influenza, and hepatitis A from the schedule.
Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the changes were intended to restore trust in public health. But major health systems and clinicians told STAT they plan to ignore the new federal guidelines, placing their trust instead in guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics, which is similar to previous U.S. policy.
