A vaccine advisory panel picked by controversial Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F Kennedy has not recommended that all US residents over six months old get a COVID vaccine.

The decision on Friday represented a break from previous recommendations from the panel since the COVID pandemic swept the world beginning in 2020.

Since the COVID vaccine became available in the US, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) had voted to recommend that all US residents over six months old get the updated vaccine every year.

The latest vote is only a recommendation, and must be approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Still, it comes amid concerns the agency is moving away from scientifically supported vaccine policy under the leadership of Kennedy,

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