The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has adopted recommendations by a new group of vaccine advisers, and stopped recommending COVID-19 shots for anyone — leaving the choice up to patients.

The government health agency on Monday announced it had adopted recommendations made in September by advisers picked by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr.

Before this year, US health officials — following recommendations by infectious disease experts — recommended annual COVID-19 boosters for all Americans ages six months and older. The idea was to update protection against the coronavirus as it continues to evolve.

As the COVID-19 pandemic waned, experts increasingly discussed the possibility of focusing vaccination efforts on people 65 and older — who are among those most at risk

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