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HHS Cuts Funding for American Academy of Pediatrics' Programs

FRIDAY, Dec. 19, 2025 — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services canceled seven federal grants that supported American Academy of Pediatrics child-health programs, the AAP confirmed this week.
HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told CNN the grants were cut because they "no longer align with the Department's mission or priorities" as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shifts focus to chronic disease, toxins, and autism research amid tensions with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The canceled grants supported programs on several child-health priorities, including sudden infant death and mental health, representing about 67,000 pediatricians in the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The AAP said the funding loss will directly affect infants, children, youth and their families across the United States and is weighing responses, including legal recourse.
Earlier this year the AAP broke with CDC guidance on COVID-19 shots, and on Wednesday appeared in federal court in Massachusetts arguing vaccine policy changes violated federal law.

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