The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced on Tuesday the elimination of the COVID-19 vaccine of the Centers for Disease Control and the Program of Immunization of Prevention for Healthy Children and Pregnant Women, a measure that could alter the guidance for doctors and some insurance coverage.
Kennedy, one of the most recognized vaccine skeptics in the nation, made the announcement in a Video publication on your x accountWhere he stopped between the Commissioner of the Food and Medicines Administration, Marty Makary and the Health Director of the National Health Institutes, Jay Bhattacharya.
“Now we are one step closer to realizing the promise of President Trump to make the United States again healthy,” Kennedy said in the video.
The CDC immunization program is not only a guide for doctors, but also determines insurance coverage for most private plans and Medicaid expansion programs.
It is not clear what federal health officials consider “healthy.”
The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks as Secretary of Education Linda McMahon listening during a Make America Healthy Again commission event in the White House in Washington, on May 22, 2025.
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CDC lists pregnancy as an underlying condition, so women who expect a child to be theoretically eligible for the shot even under the new FDA vaccine frame published last week.
Last week, the FDA announced that it planned to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years of age or those with a underlying health condition.
ABC News asked HHS clarity about Tuesday’s announcement.
Kennedy has often shared opinions about vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine, which disagree with the consensus of public health researchers and the conventional scientific community.
In May 2021, Kennedy asked the Federal Government to revoke their authorization from all COVID-19 vaccines; In December 2021 he falsely claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine was “the deadliest vaccine ever made.”
Kennedy has also advocated the recommended vaccine schedule for children.
He has fought for the changes through the group he founded, Children’s Health Defense, and last week, launched his report “Make America Healy Again”, which included calls for a greater scrutiny of the children’s vaccine hours.
Although the report establishes that vaccines protect children from infectious diseases, it also states that parents are concerned about their “appropriate use” and “possible role” in chronic diseases among children.
“Despite the growth of the children’s vaccines schedule, there has been limited scientific investigation into the links between vaccines and chronic diseases, the impacts of vaccine injury and conflicts of interest in the development of the vaccine schedule. These areas justify future investigations,” says the report.
Dozens of studies I have not been able to find a link between a greater number of vaccines and more chronic diseases among children.
Earlier this month, Kennedy said during an audience in the house that “his opinions about vaccines are irrelevant,” and then added “I don’t think people should receive advice, medical advice on my part.”
