U.S. Stops Recommending Covid Vaccine For Pregnant Women, Children—Critic Immediately Slams Move

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends routine Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women and healthy children, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—a noted vaccine skeptic who has pushed conspiracy theories about the shots—announced Tuesday, while a critic said the move puts women and children “in harm's way.”

Key Facts

• Kennedy, who appeared with National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya and Food and Drug Administration Martin Makary, said in a video posted to X the Covid vaccine was removed from the CDC’s immunization schedule for pregnant women and healthy children...