New vaccine advisers appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have changed the guidelines for COVID-19 vaccinations.

The panel is now declining to recommend the vaccines to anyone and said that it will be a personal choice for those who want to get a shot.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday took the unprecedented step of not recommending them even for high-risk populations like seniors.

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The panel also urged the CDC to adopt stronger language around claims of vaccine risks, despite pushback from outside medical groups who said the shots had a proven safety record from the billions of doses administered worldwide.

The divided panel narrowly avoided urging states to require a prescription for the shot.

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