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Kennedy announced that the CDC is no longer recommending routine COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children.
Kennedy's move appears to shortcut the CDC's outside vaccine advisers, dropping COVID vaccines from the list recommended for children and pregnant women.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization schedule for "healthy children and pregnant women" -- a move that could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has unilaterally struck the recommendation that healthy children and healthy pregnant people get Covid booster shots.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for "healthy children and healthy pregnant women" follows years of spurious and misleading claims he made about the vaccine.
The Trump administration, RFK Jr. have proposed removing federal recommendations for COVID vaccines for many Americans. That could limit access in NY.
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. previously said about the new CDC guidance on COVID vaccines: "I couldn't be more pleased to announce that as of today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced more key changes to the CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination. Two health experts answer questions about what the changes mean.