A top official at the CDC resigned this week after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bypassed normal procedures with an order on the agency's COVID-19 vaccine guidance. Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who helped oversee CDC vaccine recommendations,

Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.

The CDC has updated its Covid-19 vaccine recommendations, suggesting that healthy children and pregnant women may receive the shots rather than strongly recommending them. This nuanced change, announced by Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr,