The medical community is waging a public relations fight against Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID-19 vaccines as students head back to school across the United States.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) on Wednesday issued more expansive COVID recommendations for children than the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), underscoring the growing breakdown in cooperation between doctors and federal health authorities.

Parents trying to navigate these recommendations face an increasingly complicated array of recommendations.

• For children 6 months to 11 years old who are not immunocompromised, the CDC recommends shared decision-making with doctors, effectively leaving it up to parents.
• However, the Food and Drug Administration last month only approved the Moderna COVID-19 shot – the only one on the market – for kids with an underlying condition, complicating access for healthy children.
• The AAP guidance, like the CDC, advises shared decision-making for most children, but recommends COVID-19 vaccines for additional at-risk groups, including people who have never received a vaccine or who live with others at high risk of severe COVID.
• The American Academy of Family Physicians maintains its own

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