August 4, 2025 – National Health Center Week (NHCW) is August 3-9, 2025. To recognize and thank community health center staff during NHCW, the Healey Administration has proclaimed August 3-9 to be Massachusetts Community Health Center Week. Click here to read more.
MCAAP Signs on to AAP v. RFK Jr. Lawsuit on Vaccines (7/23/2025).
| July 23, 2025 – MCAAP Statement Vaccines are a cornerstone of pediatric healthcare, and recent changes to the routine childhood immunization schedule by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services threaten this success. As a result, Massachusetts pediatricians have had to take on additional burdens to help protect our patients from vaccine preventable illness. Right now, with active measles already circulating in the United States, we need clear guidance from the federal government based on science and evidence, not fear and falsehoods. For these reasons, the MCAAP has joined the lawsuit. |
MCAAP Statement of Support for the AAP v. RFK Jr. Lawsuit on Vaccines (7/7/2025).
July 7, 2025 – Click here for MCAAP Statement. Click here for AAP News – “AAP suing HHS over vaccine policy ‘because we believe children deserve better”
ACIP Recap from the AAP President (6/26/25)
June 26, 2025 — Click here to read an ACIP Recap from AAP president, Susan Kressly, MD, FAAP.
AAP Statement on Changes to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (6/9/25)
June 9, 2025 — Statement by Susan Kressly, MD, FAAP, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, on the decision by the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fire the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
