AAP News

01/02/2026

AAP News is entering the new year with a refreshed design and enhanced features aimed at improving readability and user experience. While the look has changed, AAP News will continue to deliver the same trusted and timely coverage of pediatric news. Learn more about the updates:

New columns on technology, payment advocacy and discussing timely topics with parents will appear alongside popular offerings that focus on the early career pediatrician experience, new AAP policies and trends in pediatrics.

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! AAP News has gotten a makeover! It’s a fresh look, but the same trusted news you know and love.

12/22/2025

The AAP was founded 95 years ago to meet the unprecedented challenges facing child health in the 1930s. In the decades since, the AAP continues to step up to improve the health and protection of children and remains one of the most vocal public advocates for children. Learn more about the 95-year history of the AAP:

Since its founding in 1930, the AAP’s goal has been to ensure all children have the opportunity to grow up safe and strong. It remains one of the most vocal public advocates for the world’s children.

12/19/2025

PediaLink is celebrating 25 years by getting ready to launch a new mobile app to increase accessibility to PREP resources. Learn more:

As PediaLink celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, its editorial board continued to look to the future with the impending launch of the PREP mobile app in 2026.

12/19/2025

Teen substance use in 2025 remained low for the fifth consecutive year, according to new data from the annual Monitoring the Future Survey. Learn more:

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12/18/2025

The AAP continued to stand up for science-based vaccine policies and access to vaccines during a hearing in federal court on Wednesday.

Attorneys for the AAP and other medical groups told a U.S. district court judge in Boston that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to immunization schedules and improper appointment of vaccine advisers are causing ongoing harm. The judge is expected to rule in early January if the lawsuit the AAP and other groups filed against Kennedy and other health officials in July can proceed. Read more: https://bit.ly/49kMS2k

Attorneys for the AAP and other medical groups told a U.S. district court judge in Boston that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s changes to immunization schedules and improper appointment of vaccine advisers are causing ongoing harm.

12/18/2025

2025 has been a tumultuous time for public health. AAP News has documented it all. Take a look at the top 10 most-read stories on the AAP News website in 2025:

The past year has been a tumultuous time for public health with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the helm of the Department of Health and Human Services.

12/17/2025

AAP News is getting a makeover in the new year! It’s a fresh look, but the same trusted news you know and love. Stay tuned!

12/17/2025

Trauma-informed care principles can be adapted to provide pediatricians with a framework for improving care for youth with autism. Learn about practical strategies to implement trauma-informed care developed by autistic self-advocates and researchers: https://bit.ly/4pG1mQg

Drawing on trauma-informed practices, pediatricians can provide effective, empathetic care for autistic children and prevent what can become medical trauma.

12/17/2025

A statement from AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly on the CDC’s decision to adopt ACIP’s harmful hepatitis B birth dose recommendation:

“Since the ACIP voted to downgrade the recommendation for a birth dose of Hepatitis B vaccine, pediatricians are already reporting more parents declining to give their child this critical dose. The result, tragically, will be more children who are exposed to Hepatitis B during their early years. As a pediatrician, this is heartbreaking when we have a vaccine that can prevent so many infections, and it is deeply disappointing to see the continued dismissal of expertise to inform recommendations that have broad implications on the health of America's children.”

The AAP continues to recommend giving newborns a dose of hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth with additional doses at 1-2 months and 6-18 months. Read more in AAP News: https://publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/33980?autologincheck=redirected