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The Covid-19 vaccine remains on the CDC's revised schedule of childhood vaccinations despite HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s announcement.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that kids with no underlying health conditions "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines, dropping a broad recommendation for all children to get vaccinated against the virus.
While RFK Jr. said the coronavirus vaccine would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.
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.
The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recently made significant changes to how Covid-19 vaccines are approved and the groups they are recommended for.
The Food and Drug Administration says it has decided to continue approving COVID-19 vaccine updates for seniors and others at higher risk of severe disease, but will require vaccine makers to conduct major new clinical trials before approving them for wider use.
A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get,
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Covid shots were coming off the childhood vaccine schedule. A memo sent by the agency Friday contradicted that.