RFK Jr. taps allies, COVID vaccine critics
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In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty
Headlines blared in May when U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would stop recommending COVID-19 vaccinations for some people—namely healthy pregnant women and healthy children over 6 months old.
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Conflicting recommendations from Trump administration health officials have left health experts, vaccine makers and insurers uncertain about what to advise.
Wisconsin health officials say RFK Jr.'s recent pullback of COVID-19 vaccine advice for kids and pregnant women isn’t based on new evidence.
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