RFK Jr. Says CDC No Longer Recommends Covid Vaccine for Children and Pregnant Women

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that he would remove the Centers for Disease Control's recommendation for children and healthy pregnant women to get vaccinated for Covid-19. Kennedy's move was announced Tuesday on X. The CDC had recommended the vaccine to everyone at least six months old, including during pregnancy. Kennedy has long said that Covid vaccines are not safe, despite the medical consensus. The top U.S. vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, has said that the cost benefit of the shots doesn’t make sense for some groups, such as young men, who face an elevated risk of heart inflammation or myocarditis.