CDC weighing end to universal COVID vaccine recommendations

April 16, 2025

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(CBS News) – A majority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work group on COVID-19 vaccines now supports ending the agency’s pandemic-era recommendation for virtually all Americans to get vaccinated against the virus each year, officials said Tuesday.

Instead of the agency’s longstanding “universal” recommendation, most of the CDC’s advisers and health officials favor shifting to guidance based on people’s individual risk of more severe disease. (Read More)