CDC Changes COVID Vaccine Recommendations
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RFK Jr. will no longer recommend annual COVID-19 vaccines for healthy pregnant women and children, which has sparked much debate among public health experts.
Makary was accurate when he said that "most countries have stopped recommending" routine COVID-19 vaccination for children.
Kennedy's move appears to shortcut the CDC's outside vaccine advisers, dropping COVID vaccines from the list recommended for children and pregnant women.
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CNET on MSNThe CDC Opposes RFK Jr.'s COVID Vaccine Guidance, Saying Children 'May Receive' Their ShotsFederal public health guidance now excludes healthy children and expecting mothers from routine COVID-19 shots.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna's new COVID-19 vaccine, days after the federal government tightened vaccine standards for the virus.
The FDA's approval was based on a study of 11,400 people age 12 and older that compared the new low-dose vaccine with Moderna's existing vaccine. It found the new vaccine was safe and was at least as effective - and more by some measures - than the original shot, the company said.
Uncertainty now dominates the COVID vaccine outlook after official recommendations were stripped for a variety of groups.