Federal health officials have made big changes to childhood vaccination recommendations, including no longer recommending flu shots for healthy children. The American Academy of Pediatrics said it is not changing its guidance, creating a conflict with the new federal recommendations.
“Parents deserve clear, consistent, evidence-based guidance they can trust,” Dr. Sean O’Leary, from the American Academy of Pediatrics, said.
Pediatricians like Dr. Jeff Seiden with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia say the new childhood vaccine recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services will cause more preventable diseases — and even deaths…