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CDC Keeps Covid Shot Option Available For Healthy Children

2 Jun 2025 5:27 PM | Deborah Hodges (Administrator)

The New York Times: CDC Issues New Advice On Covid Vaccines For Children That Contradicted RFK Jr.

Days after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid shots would be removed from the federal immunization schedule for children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued updated advice that largely countered Mr. Kennedy’s new policy. The agency kept Covid shots on the schedule for healthy children 6 months to 17 years old, but added a new condition. Children and their caregivers will be able to get the vaccines in consultation with a doctor or provider, which the agency calls “shared decision-making.” (Jewett, 5/30) [KFF Health News] 

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