CDC Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendations After Delay

The agency had kept its old recommendations in place for several days, even after officials announced they had been superseded.

A health care worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine, in a file photograph. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines, several days after receiving a directive from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The CDC’s vaccination schedule for children previously recommended at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months and up, regardless of prior vaccination. It now directs people to a set of notes that recommend children aged 6 months to 17 years who do not have moderately or severely compromised immune systems should consult with their parents and doctors when deciding whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.