The CDC will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and healthy children. Updated COVID-19 shots will now undergo placebo-controlled clinical trials prior to FDA approval ...

CDC, FDA Limit Access to COVID Shots for Healthy Adults, Kids, and Pregnant People Written by David Mills on May 29, 2025 — Fact checked by Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D.

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Long before he joined the FDA to run the center that regulates vaccines, Vinay Prasad argued against COVID shots for kids.Among his many criticisms of the United States’ approach to combatting ...

So, will kids and pregnant women still be able to get COVID shots? Here’s what we know., What are the CDC’s new COVID-vaccine recommendations for kids?

The federal government has removed COVID-19 vaccines from the list of shots recommended for healthy pregnant women and children. The change is raising concerns among some independent experts.

Previously, updated COVID vaccines had been cleared by the FDA similar to flu vaccines. The original COVIDshots, from Pfizer and Moderna, approved in late 2020, went through placebo-controlled trials.

Children as young as 6-months-old may still receive COVID-19 vaccines, the CDC advised Thursday — but the shot is no longer recommended for healthy kids.

Federal health officials have changed the game for COVID vaccine access. Pregnant moms and others who rely on them to protect a high-risk family member are scared.

The FDA approved Moderna’s lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine, but only for individuals aged 65 years or older and people aged 12 to 64 years at high risk for severe disease, aligning with the agency ...

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