U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that healthy children and healthy pregnant women are being dropped from the list of populations the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says should get the COVID-19 vaccine.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that as of today the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC recommended immunization schedule,” Kennedy said in a video posted to X.
“We’re now one step closer to realizing President Trump’s promise to make America healthy again,” he added.
Kennedy, who has long been skeptical — if not outright critical — of the COVID vaccine, criticized the Biden administration for sticking to a vaccine strategy that was not backed up by scientific data.
Today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from @CDCgov recommended immunization schedule. Bottom line: it’s common sense and it’s good science. We are now one step closer to realizing @POTUS’s promise to Make America Healthy Again. pic.twitter.com/Ytch2afCLP
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) May 27, 2025
“Last year the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another COVID shot despite