The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development,

The American Academy of Pediatrics updated vaccine recommendations, including Covid-19 shots for young children, separating from the current federal health leaders’ guidance.Unlike the CDC, which has questioned COVID-19 shots for

Citing concerns over Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. | The nation's largest pediatrician professional organization urged providers and insurers to consider its evidence-backed vaccine recommendations,

The doctors also highlighted that vaccine recommendations from the CDC often become state law, even if there's little cumulative research to back up the recommendations.

Data-driven analysis compares disease risks to vaccine risks, highlighting evidence gaps and urging review of school vaccine mandates

Despite an outbreak of measles last year in a Weston elementary school, Broward County saw a dramatic drop in its immunization rate for kindergartners in 2025. In Broward, only 82.2% of 2024-25 kindergartners got their required vaccinations — the lowest level in 15 years.

In Washington, 3,578 kindergarten students, or 4.8% of the 74,896 enrolled, had an exemption during the 2024-25 school year. A total of 2,551 kindergarten students, or 3.4% of those enrolled, had a religious exemption. (A smaller number had an exemption for being part of a religious group that doesn’t allow medical treatment by health providers.)

A group of vaccine-skeptical doctors and mandate opponents is challenging the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule in federal court.