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RFK Jr ends COVID vaccine recommendation: What do facts say about risks?

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, on April 15, 2025 [Michael Conroy/AP]

In a one-minute video, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr revoked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendation that healthy children and healthy pregnant women be vaccinated for COVID-19, leaving some experts concerned and others unsure about the policy’s details.

Kennedy was joined in the video, posted on May 27 on X, by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya.

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