ATLANTA — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice up to those who want a shot.
Until now, the vaccinations had been recommended as a routine step in the fall for nearly all Americans — just like a yearly flu vaccine.
The Food and Drug Administration already placed new restrictions on this year’s shots from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax, reserving them for people over 65 or younger ones who are deemed at higher risk from the virus. Government-politics
FDA approves updated COVID-19 shots but limits access for some kids and adults
MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press
In a series of votes Friday, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control