Parents scheduling August well-child visits are walking into a system that no longer produces a single answer. The immunization schedule most pediatricians will use this month comes from the American Academy of Pediatrics, not from the federal government, and the two documents do not match.
The practical consequence is narrow but real. A parent who checks a federal vaccine page before an appointment may see fewer recommended shots than the pediatrician recommends in the exam room. That gap is not a clinical disagreement about a specific child. It is the residue of a policy change that a federal judge halted in March, and that remains unresolved on appeal.
