by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. at the Defender
As of today, the CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this morning.
As of today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced this morning.
In a video posted on X, Kennedy was flanked by Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Marty Makary, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, as he made the announcement.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule,” he said.
Kennedy said the Biden administration had recommended the boosters, even though it had no clinical data to support the recommendation.
“That ends today. It’s common sense and it’s good science,” Bhattacharya added.
Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense (CHD) — which early on urged the CDC not to recommend the vaccines for children, and challenged the agency after it did, celebrated the news.
“Hallelujah!” Holland said. She added:…
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