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The American Academy of Pediatrics is offering recommendations for COVID vaccinations for young children that differ from CDC guidance. NPR speaks with Dr. Céline Gounder.

Kennedy Jr. is now attacking the American Academy of Pediatrics, which dared to issue guidance recommending that children under age 2 be given the COVID-19 vaccine, in contrast to the fatally ...