For 30 years, vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have aligned closely with those from the American Academy of Pediatrics, or AAP. But on Aug. 19, 2025, the AAP published new vaccine recommendations that diverge from those of the CDC.

The United States' leading pediatrics association is recommending that children as young as six months old be inoculated against COVID-19=.

Kennedy accused the American Academy of Pediatrics of working for Big Pharma, even as he himself has profited from attacking vaccines.