Federal health officials have pulled back a key recommendation that pregnant women get the COVID-19 vaccine -- causing sharp criticism from doctors and other experts.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced more key changes to the CDC recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination. Two health experts answer questions about what the changes mean.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that kids with no underlying health conditions "may receive" COVID-19 vaccines, dropping a broad recommendation for all children to get vaccinated against the virus.

An announced COVID vaccine policy change followed by updates to the immunization schedules leave clinicians with more questions than answers.

A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get,

The Trump administration's COVID-19 vaccine policy changes mean anyone who is healthy and under 65 will likely have to pay out of pocket for the shot.

It means removing it from the recommended immunization schedule. The recommendation effectively cut in front of the agency's outside advisors who make up the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Getting COVID before or during pregnancy may increase your risk of a miscarriage especially if you have other risk factors like advanced maternal age or having high blood pressure.