Covid-19 shots for kids remain on CDC vaccine schedule with slightly different designation

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Sunday, June 01, 2025 12:39:45 AM UTC

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its immunization schedule for children, days after US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid-19 vaccines would be struck from the list of recommended shots for healthy children and pregnant women.

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