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News Wrap: CDC no longer recommends COVID shots for healthy children and pregnant women

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In our news wrap Tuesday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for 'healthy' children and pregnant women, the Trump administration is directing federal agencies to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard, King Charles opened Canada's parliament amid threats from Trump and stocks jumped as investors reacted to Trump's delay of EU tariffs. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the CDC will no longer

0:06.3

recommend COVID vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women. Kennedy made the announcement

0:11.9

in a video message on social media, standing alongside the FDA commissioner and the head of the

0:17.4

National Institutes of Health. No one from the CDC was featured. The new policy

0:22.5

jumps ahead of a planned meeting next month by a CDC panel to address shots for the fall. It also

0:29.0

follows a decision by the FDA last week to require new data before approving booster shots for healthy

0:35.4

adults and kids. Today's announcement could affect how doctors

0:39.1

advise their patients on the vaccines and how insurers cover them. The Trump administration is

0:45.0

directing federal agencies to cancel all remaining contracts with Harvard University totaling about

0:51.3

$100 million. That's according to a letter from the General Services Administration.

0:56.0

The government has already cut more than $2.6 billion in federal research grants for the school,

1:02.0

which President Trump has accused of fostering anti-Semitism and having a liberal bias.

1:07.0

Today's action follows weeks of increasing tensions involving Harvard's hiring

1:12.6

practices, its tax-exempt status, and its ability to enroll international students, among others.

1:19.5

In the UK, police say they've arrested a 53-year-old British man on suspicion of attempted murder

1:26.0

following a car ramming yesterday at a Liverpool

1:29.0

soccer parade. Forensic officers were at the scene of the crash today, where hundreds

1:33.9

of thousands of people had gathered to celebrate Liverpool's Premier League Championship.

1:38.9

Authorities say 11 of the 50 people who are hospitalized are still there receiving treatment but are in stable condition.

1:46.0

Fans are still grappling with how a day of festivity turned into tragedy.

1:51.0

Such a shame it's just ruined it for everyone really. It's supposed to be celebrations.

1:55.0

And instead the day is always going to be remembered for this now instead of the trophy parade like it was supposed to.

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