The United States has suddenly stopped recommending routine COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women and healthy children, a decision that has caused a lot of debate and raised important questions about how such major public health choices are made.
The announcement was made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on X, skipping the usual process that involves the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), the group normally responsible for reviewing and suggesting changes to the country’s vaccine guidelines.
