BREAKING NEWS RFK Jr announces vaccine bombshell as he restricts access for millions of Americans
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior revealed in a post on Twitter today that the jab would now no longer be recommended for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.
He said it had been removed from the CDC 's recommended immunization schedule, a guideline used by health providers to determine which vaccines children should receive and when, saying the move was 'common sense and good science'.
He added: 'We are now one step closer to realizing [Trump's] promise to Make America Healthy Again.'
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