May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services is planning to drop CDC recommendations for

routine Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant women, teens and

children, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is

part of the HHS, currently recommends that individuals aged six

months and older should be given an updated COVID-19 vaccine,

regardless of previous inoculations for the disease.

HHS is led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a long-time vaccine

skeptic. The health agency did not immediately respond to a

Reuters request for comment.

In the U.S., three COVID shots have been authorized for

use - Moderna ( MRNA ) and Pfizer-BioNTech's/

messenger RNA based vaccines along with Novavax's ( NVAX )

protein-based shot.

(Reporting by Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun

Koyyur)