The CDC will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and healthy children. Updated COVID-19 shots will now undergo placebo-controlled clinical trials prior to FDA approval, which could limit access for healthy adults.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a social media video that the U.S. would no longer recommend Covid-19 vaccines to children and pregnant women. The CDC has yet to make the policy official.

On April 1, the staff of the CDC's Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program was terminated as part of the agency's reduction in force, according to NPR. The staff included epidemiologists, statisticians, and advisors who specialized in lead exposures and responses.

Health emergencies have not paused since January as cases of measles, salmonella, listeria and hepatitis A and C have spread throughout the country.

Measles cases have reached 1,046 as the virus continues spreading across the United States, according to data updated Friday from the CDC.

The loss of the CDC's drowning-prevention unit is one that water safety advocates fear will have a direct impact on children’s safety.