US stops recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women

This Tuesday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed COVID-19 vaccines from its recommended vaccination schedule for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.

The decision, communicated through its X account, marks a significant change in the nation's public health policies.

Kennedy Jr. expressed his satisfaction in a video shared on the platform: “I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today, the Covid vaccine shot for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule.”

In his X post, he added: "Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again.”

The measure was introduced alongside Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health (NIH) director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. The latter endorsed the decision, calling it "common sense and good science."

Makary, for his part, noted, “There's no evidence healthy kids need it today and most countries have stopped recommending it for children.”

In addition, the Republican criticized the Joe Biden administration because it “urged healthy children to get yet another Covid shot despite the lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children.”

This ends the booster recommendation for these populations, marking a significant change in U.S. health policy.