CDC Panel Drops Covid Shot Recommendations, Calling It an Individual Decision -- WSJ

Dow Jones
2025/09/20

By Liz Essley Whyte and Sabrina Siddiqui

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked vaccine advisers voted Friday to nix positive recommendations for Covid shots for all Americans, and instead advised "individual decision-making."

The panel's unanimous Covid vote means that U.S. adults no longer are recommended to get the Covid shot, if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acting director signs off on the panel's guidance.

The committee, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, said adults 65 and older should decide on Covid vaccines individually or with a doctor . The panel added that people aged 6 months to 64 should also decide individually, while emphasizing the benefits of getting the shots most outweigh risks for those who have underlying conditions.

The guidance may make it difficult for Americans who want a Covid vaccine to be able to get one, and may mean some people must pay for the vaccines out-of-pocket, depending on their coverage and how their insurers react to the ACIP recommendation. A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services said federal insurance programs and plans under the Affordable Care Act must still cover the shots.

Updates to follow as news develops.

Write to Liz Essley Whyte at liz.whyte@wsj.com and Sabrina Siddiqui at sabrina.siddiqui@wsj.com

 

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September 19, 2025 15:05 ET (19:05 GMT)

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