May 27 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed the COVID-19 vaccine from its recommended immunization list "for healthy children and healthy pregnant women."
In a post to social media, Kennedy called the decision to drop the recommendation "common sense" and "good science" and said the move brings the country "one step closer to realizing [President Donald Trump's] promise to 'Make America Healthy Again.'"
The post also featured Kennedy in a video, in which he stood between the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya and further alleged that in 2024, "the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another COVID shot" without being based on any clinical data.
Makary said, "There's no evidence healthy kids need it today, and most countries have stopped recommending it for children."
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
