Pregnant women can still get COVID-19 vaccines, even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending the shots during pregnancy, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told members of Congress on June 24.
“We’re not depriving anybody of choice. If a pregnant woman wants the COVID-19 vaccine, she can get it,” Kennedy said. “[We are] no longer recommending it because there was no science supporting that recommendation.”
Kennedy announced on May 27 that the CDC would stop recommending the COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women, a change after years of the agency advising vaccination during pregnancy. The updated adult immunization schedule does not contain a recommendation for pregnant women to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, although all other adults are advised to take one….