The AAP and American College of Radiology are applauding a UnitedHealthcare policy change allowing children greater access to imaging facilities where pediatric specialists are available.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday that 1,288 measles cases have been confirmed in the U.S. this year, surpassing 2019’s 33-year high of 1,274.

The AAP recommends all eligible children receive a two-dose measles, mumps and rubella vaccination series, as the U.S. approaches 1,300 measles cases for the year.

The AAP and other leading medical groups are suing HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for making unilateral, unscientific changes to federal vaccine policy they say are an “assault on science, public health and evidence-based medicine.”

The budget reconciliation legislation cuts about $1 trillion from Medicaid, and AAP leaders said it will harm children, families and communities.

GSK's Penmenvy (MenABCWY) is an option for someone receiving MenACWY and MenB vaccines at the same visit.

The budget reconciliation legislation cuts about $1 trillion from Medicaid, and AAP leaders said it will harm children, families and communities.

A donation from Russell Libby, M.D., FAAP, to the AAP was used to establish the Fellowship in Pediatric Practice and Payment Transformation. A two-year project funded by the fellowship aimed to advance the understanding and development of pediatric alternative payment models and value-based care.

As part of its ongoing work, the AAP Task Force on Safety and Wellbeing has launched a webpage with resources and outlined recommendations to address pediatricians’ needs.

Read about the latest developments in COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. Plus, AAP guidance to protect children during the pandemic.

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The AAP and its partner organizations said access to evidence-based preventive services without patient cost is critical.

In an amicus brief, the AAP and other groups argued that permitting South Carolina to eliminate a qualified Medicaid provider would undermine patient choice, interfere with the clinician-patient relationship and create further barriers to medical care.

The second day of the committee's meeting continued to be marked by attempts to lend credibility to misinformation, silence CDC experts and circumvent the usual thorough review of evidence.

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices plans to form a work group to review child and adolescent immunization schedules, which AAP experts say create a false narrative they are flawed.

A motion calling to uphold standards for the treatment of detained immigrant children was filed this week in response to the Trump administration’s efforts to terminate those standards.

The abbreviated June 25-26 meeting will be the first for new members appointed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after he fired the previous group.

The AAP denounced Wednesday’s Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care and said it remains committed to supporting transgender youth.

Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. has paused shipments of Elevidys for non-ambulatory patients and a clinical study after a second patient died of acute liver failure.

The former members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices say their abrupt termination and the appointment of new members “have left the US vaccine program critically weakened.”