https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/08\/22\/covid-shot-hhs-recommendations-fall-00519315<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Pharmacists\u2019 authority to vaccinate individuals varies across state lines. In some places, it\u2019s dependent upon a federal advisory process that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has upended.<\/p>\n
At the same time, the Food and Drug Administration has signaled that it will only approve updated Covid vaccines for individuals 65 and older and for younger people considered to be at high risk for severe disease. People, regardless of where they live, may need to prove that they need the shot.<\/p>\n
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If the FDA narrows eligibility, people between 6 months and 65 years old who want a Covid vaccine this fall likely will have to navigate some roadblocks.<\/p>\n
They, or their parents, may need to convince pharmacies and doctors that they have at least one of the underlying conditions that the FDA has suggested makes them eligible for a dose. The list includes asthma, diabetes, cancer, mood disorders and obesity. It\u2019s unclear at this point what would serve as adequate proof.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Further complicating vaccination efforts for children this year: the FDA may pull Covid vaccine-maker Pfizer\u2019s emergency use authorization for its shots for children under 5.” <\/p>\n
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