CDC No Longer Recommends COVID Shots for Healthy Children and Pregnant Women; Trump Cancels Harvard Contracts

CDC Vaccine Recommendation Update

• 💡 Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the CDC will no longer recommend COVID vaccines for 'healthy' children and pregnant women.
• 📌 This new policy precedes a planned CDC panel meeting on fall booster shots and follows an FDA decision requiring new data for booster approvals.
• ⚠️ The announcement could influence doctor recommendations and insurance coverage for the vaccines.

Trump Administration Actions

• 🚫 The Trump administration is directing federal agencies to cancel remaining contracts with Harvard University, totaling approximately $100 million.
• 💰 This action follows previous cuts of over $2.6 billion in federal research grants and accusations of antisemitism and liberal bias against the university.
• ⚖️ The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a Massachusetts student barred from wearing a "There are only two genders" t-shirt, letting stand a lower court's ruling on free speech.
• ⛏️ Justices also declined to hear an appeal from a Native American group seeking to stop a copper mining project on sacred land in Arizona.

International News and Market Reaction

• 🚗 In the UK, a 53-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car-ramming incident at a Liverpool soccer parade.
• ⚽ Authorities are not treating the incident as terrorism, and believe the suspect may have been driving under the influence of drugs.
• 👑 King Charles III opened Canada's parliament, delivering the speech from the throne amid threats from President Trump regarding US annexation.
• 📈 Stocks on Wall Street jumped significantly, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding over 700 points, as investors reacted to President Trump's delay of European tariffs.