The agency recommends manufacturers update their vaccines to target the JN.1 strain. At the same time, HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is removing guidance that healthy children and pregnant women receive COVID shots.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has unilaterally struck the recommendation that healthy children and healthy pregnant people get Covid booster shots.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization schedule for "healthy children and pregnant women" -- a move that could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.

Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that his agency would no longer recommend the coronavirus vaccine for healthy pregnant women and healthy children — an unprecedented move that bypasses the traditional system of vaccine advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A U.S. senator is asking the FDA how it will enforce regulations on pharmaceutical advertising after it let go of numerous employees from the office that oversees the issue.

The head of the Federal Drug Administration says diabetics should get a recipe book instead of insulin. “Maybe we need to treat more diabetes with cooking classes, not just throwing insulin at people,

Just a week after the FDA updated its stance on new COVID-19 | The CDC's recommended immunization schedule no longer includes COVID vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women, HHS secretary Robert F.

The move underscores the profound impact HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is exerting on immunizations in the U.S.

U.S. health officials will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, saying evidence didn't support the "repeat booster strategy" for the groups.