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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  its childhood immunization  to state that parents and their health care providers should decide whether to vaccinate for COVID-19 children ages six months to 17 years who are not moderately or severely immunocompromised. The move towards “shared clinical decision-making” follows Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s  that the CDC would no longer recommend COVID-19 shots for children and pregnant women. In emphasizing shared decision-making, the CDC appears to be ensuring health insurers still will be required to cover COVID-19 shots for healthy children. (MedPage Today , 5/30/25)