The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Aug. 19 recommended that many young children receive a COVID-19 vaccine, diverging from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s immunization schedule.
All children ages 6 to 23 months should receive a COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of prior infection or vaccination, the AAP said in its updated schedule, unless they have a contraindication such as a history of severe allergic reaction to a vaccine ingredient.
The universal recommendation stems from infants and other young children being “at high risk for severe COVID-19,” the pediatricians’ group said in a statement.
The organization pointed, in part, to a paper it published that found that among children hospitalized for COVID-19 from fall 2022 to spring 2024, the majority of those younger than 2 had no underlying conditions….