Chris Pratt says he gets along well with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling the Secretary of Health and Human Services "funny" and "great."

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday urged parents to get their youngest children vaccinated for COVID, part of a broader effort by medical organizations to bypass Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

If certain vaccines aren't recommended by the ACIP, it may lead to parents or guardians facing out-of-pocket costs if their children receive the shot. It could also mean the shots aren't covered by the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, a federally funded program that provides no-cost vaccines to eligible children.

In a clear rebuke to US health secretary and zealous anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday released its own evidence-based vaccination schedule for children —a task typically left to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and its trusted advisory committee.