HHS scrapping COVID jab recommendations for pregnant moms and kids - report | 16 May 2025 | The Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly preparing to scrap its recommendation that pregnant women and kids get the COVID-19 vaccines. Individuals said to be familiar with the matter told the Wall Street Journal that the announcement is imminent and will coincide with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention kicking off a new vaccine approval framework. ...U.S. Food and Drug Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary provided a fairly strong indication this week that the change was coming. Makary told Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk that he would "love to see the evidence to show that giving young, healthy children another COVID-19 shot -- you know, a sixth COVID booster -- would help them, but that evidence does not exist, and so we're not going to rubber-stamp things at the FDA."