COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, Kennedy says
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says COVID-19 vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.

In a 58-second video posted on the social media site X, Kennedy said he removed COVID-19 shots from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for those groups. No one from the CDC was in the video, and CDC officials referred questions about the announcement to Kennedy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

U.S. health officials, following recommendations by infectious disease experts, have been urging annual COVID-19 boosters for all Americans ages 6 months and older.

A CDC advisory panel is set to meets in June to make recommendations about the fall shots. Among its options are suggesting shots for high-risk groups but still giving lower-risk people the choice to get vaccinated.

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    1 个月前

    🇩🇪 likewise.

    No further boosters are currently recommended for healthy adults aged < 60 years and pregnant women.

    For infants, (young) children, and adolescents without underlying diseases, no primary or booster COVID-19 vaccination is currently recommended due to the meanwhile predominantly mild course of disease and very low incidence of hospitalization.