Pregnant women should consult their doctors about COVID-19 vaccines, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration said on June 1.
“In the absence of data, they should talk to their doctor, and their doctor will use their best wisdom and judgment,” Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said that getting a COVID-19 vaccine was “especially important” for pregnant women, but now no longer recommends COVID-19 vaccines for the population, an update implemented in late May.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Makary announced the change in a video on May 27….