内容摘要：Marvel Opara, who is partially sighted, attends a visually impaired tennis training session in London, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Marvel Opara, who is partially sighted, attends a visually impaired tennis training session in London, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

The change comes days after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.that COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children and pregnant women.

But the updated guidance on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website sends a more nuanced message, saying shots “may” be given to those groups.“The announcement from earlier this week sounded like CDC was going to fully withdraw any statement that could be construed as a recommendation for these vaccines in these populations,” said Jason Schwartz, a Yale University health policy researcher. “It’s not as bad as it could have been.”Kennedy announced the coming changes in a

posted on the social media site X on Tuesday. No one from the CDC was in the video, and CDC officials have referred questions about the announcement to Kennedy and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.On Thursday, the CDC

. The agency said that shots may be given to children ages 6 months to 17 years who do not have moderate or severe problems with their immune systems. Instead of recommending the shots, the CDC now says parents may decide to get their children vaccinated in consultation with a doctor.

A subtle update to a CDC page on the adult immunization schedule indicated a similar change for the recommendation for pregnant women, excluding them from the routine recommendation made for other adults.But the issue is also causing internal friction within the Wayuu community which stems from differing views on economic benefits, with some supporting development for financial gain.

A river that connects to the Caribbean Sea flows through Mayapo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)A river that connects to the Caribbean Sea flows through Mayapo, Colombia, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

The AP spoke to several Wayuu families living near wind turbines who do not oppose the companies operating there, as they have received financial assistance and housing.Others are not convinced.