The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated its Covid vaccine guidance to recommend Covid shots for people 65 and older and only after they consult a doctor or pharmacist.

A press release from the agency said acting CDC Director Jim O’Neill signed off on the recommendations of an agency advisory panel last week, capping months of confusion and concern about this season’s Covid vaccine. Earlier this year, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired all 17 members of the influential vaccine panel, replacing them with his own picks, many of whom have spoken out against Covid vaccines.

Kennedy, a long-time anti-vaccine activist who has falsely called the Covid vaccine the “deadliest vaccine ever made,” first moved to limit access to shots in May, when he bypassed

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