The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on a recommendation that patients must consult a health care provider to get a COVID-19 vaccine, although they don't necessarily need a prescription.

The recommendations shifted away from a broader push for most people to get a COVID-19 vaccine and were made by a new panel of vaccine advisers chosen by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Advertisement

The CDC's OK makes the recommendations final, and U.S. vaccine schedules will be updated, HHS said on Tuesday.

The new recommendations mean that people ages 6 months and older can get COVID-19 vaccines after shared clinical decision making with a qualified health care provider, a recommendation that keeps the shots available to people but also create

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