Health Alliance is following vaccine guidance from medical societies rather than new CDC

Marc Levy Cambridge Health Alliance says it will will follow Covid vaccine recommendations from medical societies and the state health department.

Cambridge Health Alliance hasn’t adopted new federal government restrictions on Covid vaccinations – the ones that make it harder to get shots for most people, including pregnant people, children and adults under 65 unless they have health conditions that put them at higher risk from the virus.

Instead, the health care system will follow more expansive recommendations from medical societies and the state health department, CHA spokesperson David Cecere said Thursday.

Cecere said Cambridge Health Alliance will follow the recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Mass