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CDC No Longer Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for Healthy Children and Pregnant Women

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces removal of COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, raising concerns among health experts about public health implications.


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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women, a decision made without CDC input. This announcement, made alongside FDA and NIH leaders, contradicts ongoing public health guidance advocating for annual boosters. Critics, including health experts, express concern over the lack of clinical data supporting this change and its potential impact on vulnerable populations. The CDC's advisory panel is set to meet in June to discuss future vaccine recommendations, but Kennedy's unilateral action raises questions about vaccine access and insurance coverage.

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The articles present a significant change in COVID-19 vaccination recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women.

Concerns from health experts highlight potential risks and confusion surrounding the decision to revoke vaccine recommendations.

The tone varies, with some articles being neutral while others express disappointment and criticism regarding public health implications.

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RFK Jr.’s strike against Covid vaccines
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"…Kennedy's decision to alter recommendations around the Covid vaccine without full input from nonpartisan experts at the CDC represents a concerning politicization of public health."

RFK Jr drops Covid-19 boosters for kids and pregnant women from CDC list
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"…Removing the booster shot from the recommended immunization schedule could make it more difficult to access – and it could affect private insurers’ willingness to cover the vaccine."

CDC Stops Recommending COVID-19 Vaccines for Pregnant Women and Children
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"…The decision could strip families of choice, as pregnant women, infants, and young children are at higher risk of hospitalization from COVID."

CDC ends Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy kids and pregnant women
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"…The change from the CDC comes a week after Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary announced the agency planned to restrict the use of Covid shots to older adults and children and adults with underlying medical conditions."

COVID-19 vaccinations no longer recommended for healthy children, pregnant women
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"…Kennedy said that annual COVID-19 booster shots have been recommended for kids 'despite the lack of any clinical data' to support that decision."

RFK Jr. says COVID shots no longer recommended for kids, pregnant women
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"…The decision will make it much harder for parents to get their children vaccinated and for pregnant people to get the shots because insurance companies will likely no longer pay for them."

RFK Jr. ditches COVID vaccine recommendation for children, pregnant women
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"…The change comes after the Food and Drug Administration said on May 20 it plans to require new clinical trials for approval of the annual COVID-19 boosters for healthy individuals under the age of 65."

RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, 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."

RFK Jr. says CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccine for children and pregnant women
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"…Kennedy's move, announced Tuesday on X, appears to effectively shortcut a process set up by the agency's outside advisers to discuss and make changes to the CDC's influential vaccination guidance."

RFK Jr. revokes COVID shot recommendations for kids, during pregnancy
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"…Kennedy's move, like the FDA's last week, is unprecedented in bypassing the transparent, evidence-based process for setting vaccination recommendations."

CDC no longer recommends COVID vaccine for children, pregnant women
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"…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention removed the COVID-19 vaccine from its suggested immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women."

CDC to no longer recommend COVID vaccine for healthy children or pregnant women
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"…Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule."

CDC Drops COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations for Some
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"…The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending routine COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy children, U.S. health regulators said on Tuesday."

Pediatrician Is Big Mad Trump Admin Not Recommending Healthy Kids Get COVID Jab
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"…Offit told CNN’s Dana Bash that the new guidelines are a “bad idea” since there have been healthy children who had died from COVID."

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