CDC says parents can decide with doctors if healthy kids get Covid shots | 30 May 2025 | The nation's top public health agency posted new recommendations that say healthy children and pregnant women may get Covid vaccinations, removing stronger language that those groups should get the shots. The change comes days after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that Covid vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women. But the updated guidance on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website sends a more nuanced message, saying shots "may" be given to those groups. On Thursday, the CDC updated its website. The agency said that shots may be given to children ages 6 months to 17 years who do not have moderate or severe problems with their immune systems. Instead of recommending the shots, the CDC now says parents may decide to get their children vaccinated in consultation with a doctor.