Kennedy’s vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots, P4
- Shidonna Raven
- Jun 1
- 1 min read
By MIKE STOBBE
Update, September 15, 2025
Source: Associate Press
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Days after Kennedy’s announcement, CDC officials said families could still get the 2024-2025 version of COVID-19 shots for their kids in consultation with their doctors. That clarification meant shots would still be covered by the federal government’s Vaccines For Children program, which pays for shots for families who lack money or adequate health insurance coverage. It’s now responsible for roughly half of childhood vaccinations in the U.S. each year.
As with flu shots, however, there are new COVID-19 formulations each fall, to account for changes in which strains are circulating. The committee has not yet voted on whether to recommend this season’s COVID-19 shots or whether those shots should be covered by the VFC program.
Further complicating the picture: When the FDA last month licensed this fall’s COVID-19 shots, the agency took the unusual step of narrowing their use for healthy younger adults and children.
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