COVID Vaccine Guidance Shift for Pregnant Women and Children

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Federal health officials, with RFK Jr. playing a key role, have upended established COVID‑19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women and healthy children. The change sparks debates among clinicians and critics alike, as both medical guidance and insurance coverages could undergo abrupt shifts amid political pressures.

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“Unless these journals change dramatically, we are going to stop NIH scientists from publishing there and we are going to create our own journals, in-house," Kennedy Jr. said.

go.com / RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women

The move could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.

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Trump administration health officials announced changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women and children. This comes as a new variant of the virus is being reported in the U.S. Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center,…

cbsnews.com / Trump officials removing COVID-19 recommendations for pregnant women, children

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top health officials announced changes to COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women and children. CBS News' Mugo Odigwe has more.

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