CHARLESTON — For the first time since the COVID-19 vaccine was released, this year a federal health agency put new restrictions on who can get the shot.

In past years, the annual COVID-19 vaccine was recommended for everyone aged six months and up. The federal Food and Drug Administration — under the leadership of federal health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic — this year has limited the shot to seniors 65 and older and those with an underlying condition that makes them more susceptible to severe illness from the virus. kAmuFCE96C 4@>A=:42E:?8 >2EE6CD[ E96 r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@?’D r@>>:EE66 @? x>>F?:K2E:@? !C24E:46D 92D ?@E J6E >6E E@ 564:56 @? :ED C64@>>6?52E:@?D 7@C E96 G244:?6]k^Am kAmq642FD6 (6DE ':C8:?:2 =2H C6BF:C6D A92C>24:DED E@ 92G6 2 G

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