The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is planning to drop CDC recommendations for routine Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women, teens and children, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is part of the HHS, currently recommends that individuals aged six months and older should be given an updated COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of previous inoculations for the disease.
HHS is led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine skeptic.
The health agency did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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source: reuters.com/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/hhs-stop-recommending-covid-shots-children-pregnant-women
