CDC expands COVID-19 vaccine guidance to all healthy Americans, sparking GOP backlash

In a surprising shift, the CDC released recommendations that all healthy adults and children from six months onward receive the newest mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, even though the FDA has only approved those formulations for elderly and high-risk individuals. The agency justified the broad advice by referencing legal ambiguities and the forthcoming respiratory-illness season. Critics such as Maryanne Demasi, Robert Malone and Retsef Levi contend the guidance lacks direct human efficacy evidence and may expose millions to experimental use.

Republican factions, already uneasy over recent FDA actions on the abortion pill, see the move as a potential blow to voter enthusiasm in the upcoming midterms. The controversy emerges just before a MAHA summit at the White House, where leaders like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Vice President JD Vance will appear, drawing further scrutiny over corporate sponsorship and policy direction.