Announcement on COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Coming Soon: FDA Commissioner

Dr. Marty Makary says there’s no evidence supporting additional doses in healthy children.

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. in Washington on May 5, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Health officials are poised to make an announcement on COVID-19 vaccines, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.

“That is something that’s being discussed right now,” Dr. Marty Makary, the commissioner, said in an interview, released on May 12, after being asked by political activist Charlie Kirk about whether COVID-19 vaccines will remain on the childhood vaccination schedule.