CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Recent changes in government health agency guidelines regarding the COVID-19 vaccine have sparked concerns among healthcare providers, particularly for pregnant women and children.

The new guidelines no longer recommend the vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women, but infectious disease specialists emphasized the importance of consulting with healthcare providers about individual health risks.

Dr. Stephen Blatt, TriHealth Medical Director of Infectious Diseases, highlighted the risks associated with pregnancy.

"Oh, it certainly is and we've seen lots of pregnant women even in the more recent years who've been very ill from COVID and ended up in the hospital with bad lung problems because their immunity is down just from the pregnancy itself," said Blatt. "The

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