Normally by this time of year as fall approaches, the FDA has approved new formulas for COVID-19 shots and CDC recommendations on who should receive them have been finalized.  As this year’s respiratory virus season kicks into gear and COVID cases begin to tick up, guidance on who will have access to the shots is less clear. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices typically meets in June to vote on who should receive updated vaccines. However, in June, HHS Secretary RFK Jr. overhauled the committee by appointing all new members, several of whom have a history of anti-vaccine rhetoric.

Medical and public health experts have expressed concern that uncertainty surrounding the vaccine landscape could limit uptake and drive up hospitalizations in the months ahead.    “This usua

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