01/06/2026
With today’s announcement of changes made to the childhood vaccine schedule, we want to reassure our families that at Pediatric Center of Grand Prairie, we continue to trust the science and the evidence behind the long-standing, recommended immunization schedule supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Statement by AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s HHS announcement about the childhood immunization schedule:
“Today’s announcement by federal health officials to arbitrarily stop recommending numerous routine childhood immunizations is dangerous and unnecessary. The longstanding, evidence-based approach that has guided the U.S. immunization review and recommendation process remains the best way to keep children healthy and protect against health complications and hospitalizations.
For decades, leading health experts, immunologists, and pediatricians have carefully reviewed new data and evidence as part of the immunization recommendation process, helping to keep newborns, infants, and children protected from diseases they could be exposed to in the United States as they develop and grow. Today’s decision, which was based on a brief review of other countries’ practices, upends this deliberate scientific process.
During this uncertain time, the AAP will continue to publish our own childhood vaccine recommendations.”
