Apoorva Mandavilli

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Apoorva Mandavilli |Christina Jewett

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the vaccine would not be included as part of the immunization schedule for healthy children. The Covid vaccine will no longer be recommended for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Tuesday. The vaccines had been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since they first became available for those groups several years ago.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Roni Rabin |Alice Callahan |Apoorva Mandavilli |Dani Blum

In a sweeping new report, the White House outlined what it sees as the drivers of disease in American children. “To turn the tide and better protect our children, the United States must act decisively,” reads the report, which was produced by a presidential commission tasked with combating childhood disease.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Dani Blum |Apoorva Mandavilli |Roni Rabin |Alice Callahan

The report provides little in the way of specific solutions to address these issues, though the commission is also expected to release recommendations later this year. What the document does offer is the clearest articulation yet of Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement and what the broad coalition hopes to accomplish in the coming months and years. Here’s what the new report tells us. A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christina Jewett |Apoorva Mandavilli

Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many others may not be able to get the shots. The Food and Drug Administration may require data from additional clinical trials before approving updated Covid-19 vaccines for healthy Americans younger than 65, according to new rules detailed on Tuesday by agency officials.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christina Jewett |Apoorva Mandavilli

The agency narrowed who can get the shot and added new study requirements that could cost the company tens of millions. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine, but only for older adults and for others over age 12 who have at least one medical condition that puts them at high risk from Covid.