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CDC Reports Major Covid Vaccine Success in Children

12/11/2025

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Covid vaccines administered last fall (2024) reduced emergency department visits in children.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows 76% decreases for children under 4 and 56% for ages 5–17 within six months of vaccination.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized vaccines as "the deadliest vaccine ever made" and limited availability for healthy pregnant women.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Covid vaccines administered last fall (2024) reduced emergency department visits in children.
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows 76% decreases for children under 4 and 56% for ages 5–17 within six months of vaccination.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized vaccines as "the deadliest vaccine ever made" and limited availability for healthy pregnant women.