The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated COVID vaccines for the fall season and limited who can get the shots, the federal government's most restrictive policy since the vaccines became available.

The agency authorized the vaccines for people who are age 65 and older, who are known to be more vulnerable to severe illness from COVID. Younger people would only be eligible if they had at least one existing medical condition that would put them at risk for severe disease. Healthy children younger than 18 could still receive the shots if a medical provider is consulted.

People seeking the shots will soon face another hurdle. An influential advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must vote to recommend them. But that panel's makeup shifted whe

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