In move that pushes back against new vaccine guidelines by the Trump administration, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended Tuesday that all children between 6 and 23 months old receive COVID-19 shots during the upcoming fall and winter seasons when respiratory viruses spread widely.

The AAP, which has long been one of the country's leading voices in vaccine recommendations, criticized the federal government's recent overhaul of vaccine guidelines under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The organization said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is now filled "with individuals who have a history of spreading vaccine misinformation."

AAP argues young children in the recommended age range shou

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