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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised its child immunization schedule after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that COVID-19 shots will no longer be recommended for healthy pregnant women and children.
The CDC revised the schedule on Thursday to indicate that children aged six months and older “may receive COVID-19 vaccination” following shared clinical decision-making, which considers the views of healthcare providers as well as those of patients/parents/guardians.
However, the CDC guidance does not appear to reflect that COVID-19 vaccinations are not recommended for healthy pregnant women, as claimed by RFK Jr. early this week. The agency didn’t immediately respond to Seeking Alpha’s request for clarification.
RFK Jr.’s announcement, issued on Tuesday via a 58-second video on X, ran contrary to the CDC’s established process of releasing such guidance following recommendations of the agency’s advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP).
COVID-19 vaccine makers: Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)/ BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA), Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX).
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