The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on new vaccine recommendations from a panel of vaccine advisers appointed by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on a recommendation that patients must consult a health care provider to get a Covid-19 vaccine, although they don’t necessarily need a prescription.

The recommendations shifted away from a broader push most people to get a Covid-19 vaccine and was made by a new panel of vaccine advisers chosen by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. CDC’s OK makes the recommendations final and US vaccine schedules will be updated, HHS said on Tuesday.

The new recommendations

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