By Julia Conley, Common Dreams

Published May 30, 2025 5:22 PM ET

Amid reports of a new Covid-19 subvariant spreading in several U.S. states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday failed to update guidance on receiving vaccines against the coronavirus that contradicted a controversial recent announcement from the nation's top health official.

The CDC's schedule for vaccines for children aged 6 months to 17 years retained the Covid-19 shot, advising parents and doctors to engage in "shared clinical decision-making" when determining if a child should be vaccinated -- meaning children can receive the shots if their parents and physicians agree.

That guidance contradicts a statement from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. earlier this week. Kennedy claimed Tuesday that there was a "lack of any clinical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children" for Covid vaccines as he announced, alongside National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary, that the shots would no longer be recommended for pregnant women or healthy children.

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I just ask myself what if Kennedy parents told the doctor not to give our kids the measles, mumps and rubella shots what would they have done.......I just ask myself if this idiot in charge of HHS remembers when he had to take the TB test also.................probably not...........again someone should ask him if he took the required shots or was given the MMR shot to get into school............