Piedmont Pediatrics

01/07/2026

01/07/2026

The AMA is deeply concerned by recent changes to the childhood immunization schedule that affects the health and safety of millions of children.

01/07/2026

According to a new report from the CDC, outpatient visits for “flu-like” illness are at their highest in nearly 30 years, and nine children have died of flu this season. In addition, a recently reported pediatric death from last year brings the 2024-’25 season total to 289, which is higher than any season since the CDC started tracking in 2004.

The surge in flu-like illness comes just as the CDC announced an overhaul to the childhood vaccine schedule that includes removing universal recommendations for numerous vaccines including flu. Despite changes to federal recommendations, the AAP will continue to recommend the flu vaccine for all children starting at six months of age.

Read the full piece in AAP News: https://bit.ly/3L6zaHg

01/06/2026

A judge will allow the AAP and other medical groups to continue their lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over federal vaccine policy and advisers.

The lawsuit challenges HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent changes to COVID-19 vaccine policy without scientific evidence and his decision to replace members of CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with people who lack the credentials and required experience.

Read the full AAP News piece to learn more:
https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/34117

01/06/2026

These images are meant to scare us, but now you know better.

01/06/2026

Immunizations for hepatitis A and B, rotavirus, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), flu and meningococcal disease no longer are routinely recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The AAP will continue to make its own recommendations.

01/06/2026

01/05/2026

Pediatricians everywhere are alarmed that RFK Jr has decided, without CDC guidance (or scientific evidence) to decrease the number of recommended vaccines for US children.

The pre-existing immunization schedule that the AAP has recommended was not arbitrary - it was carefully crafted by the leading experts in pediatric infectious disease over decades, to protect children from mostly untreatable and devastating illnesses.

Piedmont Pediatrics will continue to recommend the Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, meningitis, influenza, and COVID-19 vaccines as well as the RSV immunization, which has decreased severe disease and hospitalization for infants by 80% in the first 2 years of use.

Trust your pediatricians - we have decades of evidence and hundreds of studies to show the safety and efficacy of the AAP-backed immunization schedule. Go to healthychildren.org, AAP.org, chop.edu or our website at piedmontpediatrics.net/immunizations for reliable, science-based information.

01/05/2026

01/05/2026

The flu is not harmless.

There’s a reason we physicians are urgently pushing back against the idea that influenza is “no big deal.” We are witnessing devastating outcomes, including in previously healthy children—during what is shaping up to be an especially severe flu season.

From the article (full link in the comments):

“In subsequent updates over the next few days, Kim said that his son had a very severe case of influenza that prompted sepsis and seizures and required that he be placed on life support. He also shared that scans had found that Micah’s brain activity was ‘not present.’”

This is influenza.

It’s not too late to get vaccinated.

Please protect yourself and your children.

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