The nation's largest organization of pediatricians is breaking with federal policy recommending that infants get vaccinated for COVID-19 ahead of an expected surge in respiratory illness this winter.

It's a sharp contrast from positions taken by federal regulators under the Trump administration.

The American Academy of Pediatrics announced the new policy on Tuesday, urging infants between six months and two years old to get the vaccine because they're considered high risk for the worst effects of the virus at that age.

The Academy also recommends that children between 2 and 18 years old get the vaccine if they haven't already, if they're considered high risk due to other conditions, or if they live with anyone considered high risk.

Trump's health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has publicly shared his skepticism of vaccines and drastically changed the federal vaccine approval and regulation process since being appointed.

Earlier this year, Secretary Kennedy said children should not get the COVID shot, but a CDC study found that half of infants hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2022 and 2024 had no underlying conditions.

Well, the Academy hopes the new recommendations will boost vaccine rates among those youngest children.

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