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The FDA has approved updated, more restricted COVID-19 shots targeting high-risk groups.

Existing vaccination mandates have been rescinded as part of vaccination policy changes.

The new CDC advisory committee, including vaccine skeptics, will determine future vaccine recommendations.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 shots, but they’ll be available with more restrictions than in the past.

In a post on X , Kennedy said the emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines “are now rescinded” and vaccine mandates are no more. Instead, there are now marketing authorizations with age requirements and the vaccines are intended solely for those “at higher risk” o

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