01/06/2026
We follow the guidance and recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), made up of scientists including doctors, immunologists, infectious disease specialists and epidemiologists. These are the people we trust to keep our own children and our patients safe, and we appreciate your trust in us. We are working very hard, every day, to prevent serious and *preventable* illnesses from coming back to our area - a very real potential consequence of falling below safe vaccination rates as a community. Our recommended vaccine schedule and policies remain the same and follow New York State school requirements.
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.”
