Source: Epoch Health, By Zachary Stieber, October 14, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had ordered the vaccine removed from the schedule.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has placed the COVID-19 vaccination back on its immunization schedule for pregnant women, months after it had been removed.
The CDC said on Oct. 7 that the COVID-19 vaccination for pregnant women is recommended if women, after consulting with health care providers, decide to receive the shot.
Vaccination for COVID-19 is termed shared clinical decision-making, “with an emphasis that the risk-benefit of vaccination is most favorable for individuals who are at an increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease and lowest for individuals who are not at an increased risk, according to the CDC list of COVID-19 risk factors,” the CDC stated.
Those risk factors include pregnancy and recent pregnancy.
In May, the CDC removed the COVID-19 vaccination from the immunization schedule for pregnant women, following orders from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
In a May 19 directive, later made public in a court case, Kennedy wrote that he determined there was a lack of high-quality data showing COVID-19 vaccination is safe during pregnancy. He also said there are potential risks to the mother and the unborn baby.
