Breaking: CDC Removes COVID Vaccines for Kids, Healthy Pregnant Women From Schedule of ‘Recommended’ Shots
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As of today, the CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this morning.
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By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.
As of today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this morning.
In a video posted on X, Kennedy was flanked by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Marty Makary, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, as he made the announcement.
“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,” he said.
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