CDC now says kids "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines, replacing broad recommendation
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that kids with no underlying healthy conditions "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines, dropping a broad recommendation for all children to get vaccinated against the virus.
Updates to CDC's childhood immunization schedule were published late Thursday, following an announcement earlier this week by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that the agency would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.
"Where the parent presents with a desire for their child to be vaccinated, children 6 months and older may receive COVID-19 vaccination, informed by the clinical judgment of a healthcare provider and personal preference and circumstances," the CDC says in its new guidance.
