CDC tweaks — but does not remove — COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for kids

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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this week that the CDC would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy kids and pregnant women.

The CDC tweaked but did not remove its recommendation.

The CDC tweaked — but did not remove — its recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination in children, days after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the agency would stop recommending the shots for healthy kids and pregnant women.

Rather than recommending routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children aged 6 months to 17 years, the CDC’s website now says that patients in this age group “may receive COVID-19 vaccination, informed by the clinical judgment of a health care provider and personal preference and circumstances.” A note at the top of the relevant page indic