US no longer recommends Covid shots for children, pregnant women

AFP | Washington

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The US will no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines for children and healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday, calling it a “common sense” decision grounded in sound science.

The change follows last week’s announcement by Food and Drug Administration officials that they would limit approval of Covid shots -- a critical tool in ending the pandemic -- to adults aged 65 and older, as well as younger individuals with underlying health conditions.

Trump administration officials have framed the shift as bringing the US into closer alignment with countries like Britain, Germany and France where annual boosters are recommended only for the elderly and immunocompromised.

But it comes as Kennedy — who has long promoted misinformation about vaccines in general and the Covid shots in particular — pushes to overhaul federal public health policy.