U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the COVID shot has been taken off of the country¡¯s recommended vaccine list for healthy children and pregnant women, a seismic shift in the government¡¯s approach to the virus.
The decision to back the immunization only for adults and those with existing health conditions reverses the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention¡¯s earlier stance that everyone six months of age and older get vaccinated.
¡°With the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, it is time to move forward,¡± the Department of Health and Human Services said in an emailed statement.
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