The Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 shots for fall, implementing the tightest restrictions on who can access the vaccines since they became available.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the approval Aug. 27 on social media platform X, saying that emergency-use authorizations for COVID-19 vaccines have been terminated and that the Moderna, Pfizer and Novavax immunizations are approved for "those at high risk."

Under the updated approvals, only those over 65 and people with existing health problems will be recommended for the COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal guidelines.

"These vaccines are available for all patients who choose them after consulting with their doctors," Kennedy said in the post.

HHS echoed the stateme

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