CDC keeps recommendation of COVID vaccines for healthy kids after RFK Jr. said it would be removed
- The CDC posted updated COVID-19 vaccine guidance on June 2025 removing the language that children should get vaccinated while stating healthy kids may still receive shots.
- Following Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statement that COVID-19 vaccines would not be advised for healthy children or pregnant individuals, the CDC updated its guidance to reflect a more neutral stance on vaccinating children while maintaining its existing recommendations for pregnant women, a decision that drew criticism from experts.
- The CDC now recommends a shared decision-making approach where parents consult doctors to decide on vaccination for children aged 6 months to 17 years without severe immune conditions.
- CDC data indicate that vaccination coverage for the 2024-25 COVID-19 vaccine remains low, with only about 13% of children and 23% of adults having been immunized, and experts observe that less assertive messaging from health officials often leads to decreased vaccine uptake.
- The CDC advisory panel will meet in June to advise on fall shots, with options to target high-risk groups and allow others to choose vaccination, highlighting a shift toward focused vaccination strategies.
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Will Kids Still Be Able to Get COVID Shots?
Photo: Catherine Fall/Getty Images Despite his previous promise not to “take away anybody’s vaccines,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems determined to use his role as Health and Human Services secretary to create as much confusion about COVID vaccines as possible. In a video posted to X last week, Kennedy said he “couldn’t be more pleased” to announce that “the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC…
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RFK Jr. says healthy pregnant women don’t need COVID boosters. What the science says
By Jackie Fortiér, Kaiser Health News You’re pregnant, healthy and hearing mixed messages: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is not a scientist or doctor, says you don’t need the COVID vaccine, but experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Protection still put you in a high-risk group of people who ought to receive boosters. The science is on the side of the shots. Pregnant women who contracted COVID-19 were mor…
Editorial: COVID vaccine announcement another assault
Striking a blow for deadly disease and against public health, our dangerous Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., flanked by doctors including National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya — handpicked for his vaccine-skeptic approach
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