PORTLAND, Ore. — Local health care authorities, providers and patients have all been left with unanswered questions following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's announcement of a new and stricter set of recommendations to accompany the latest formulation of the COVID-19 vaccine.

In a post on X on Wednesday, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr wrote that "the emergency use authorizations for Covid vaccines, once used to justify broad mandates on the general public during the Biden administration, are now rescinded."

His post was accompanied by an announcement that although the FDA will approve the 2025-26 versions of the vaccine, it will only officially recommend them for people who are above the age of 65 or who have at least one health condition that put

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