At the start of this year, the CDC quietly trimmed the routine childhood immunization schedule. Related story Childhood Vaccines, Demystified: What Parents Need to Know in 2026Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation’s big group of pediatric doctors, has refused to go along with the pared-down list. Instead, it rolled out its own 2026 immunization schedule that keeps routine protection against the 18 diseases, including many of the shots pulled back by the CDC. RELATED: Childhood Vaccines, Demystified: What Parents Need to Know in 2026This doesn’t seem like some tiny technical debate, by the way. For decades, the AAP and CDC worked together to give parents one clear playbook on vaccines, including what your child needs and when.