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But the CDC recently dropped longstanding recommendations for routine childhood immunization for seven diseases.
That includes RSV, hepatitis, meningitis, and the flu.
The CDC now says parents should talk to a health care professional about whether their kids need these immunizations.
The Pediatric Academy's recommendation to continue routine immunization for these diseases is endorsed by 12 other medical groups.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is still recommending all children routinely get immunized against 18 diseases.
In the past, the Academy partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make immunization recommendations for children.
But the CDC recently dropped long-standing recommendations for routine childhood immunization for seven diseases.
That includes RSV, hepatitis, meningitis, and the flu.
The CDC now says parents should talk to a health care professional about whether their kids need these immunizations.
The Pediatric Academy's recommendation to continue routine immunization for these diseases is endorsed by 12 other medical groups.
The NIH says research involving tissue from aborted fetuses has been declining for years, and the agency now only funds 77 projects that use fetal tissue.
And the agency argues that fetal tissue is no longer needed for research because alternatives now exist.
The decision, however, is being denounced by many scientists and research groups.
They say fetal tissue provides an irreplaceable resource for studying medical problems ranging from infertility to Alzheimer's, and the decision to stop funding fetal tissue research is political, not scientific.
Fetal tissue research has long been opposed by anti-abortion activists.
The NIH says research involving tissue from aborted fetuses has been declining for years, and the agency now only funds 77 projects that use fetal tissue.
And the agency argues that fetal tissue is no longer needed for research because alternatives now exist.