Healthy kids, adults may have a harder time getting a COVID shot this fall

ST PAUL, Minn. — There are changes expected this fall around who may be able to get a COVID-19 shot.

It comes after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group no longer recommends them for most healthy children and adults.

The agency's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) announced on Friday that people can make their own decision on whether to get the shot. It also only recommended that people 65 and over or with underlying health conditions should get the shots.

Now, Minnesota's Department of Health (MDH) is making a rare move to ensure that anyone who wants the vaccine can still get it.

Instead of promoting federal vaccine recommendations, MDH is endorsing the updated COVID vaccine recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) , Ame