"This decision protects children, respects families, and rebuilds trust in public health,"
"Kennedy's decision will harm and kill children, like all of his anti-vaccination decisions will,"
"to arbitrarily stop recommending numerous routine childhood immunizations is dangerous and unnecessary," AAP President Andrew Racine said. "The United States is not Denmark,"
Federal health officials announced an overhaul that reduces recommended childhood immunizations from 17 to 11 under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Officials said the change aligns U.S. recommendations more closely with other high-income countries, naming Denmark, and aims to rebuild public trust eroded by anti-vaccine activists, including Kennedy. The decision drew sharp criticism from health experts and professional groups who warned it is dangerous and could harm children. The American Academy of Pediatrics called the change unnecessary and emphasized that the United States is not Denmark. The 11 universally recommended immunizations include measles, mumps, rubella, polio, pertussis, tetanus, diphtheria, Haemophilus influenzae type B, pneumococcal disease, HPV, and varicella.
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