Delayed Vaccine Meeting, Shifting Policies Make It Difficult for People to Get Covid Shot at Pharmacies
- A delayed meeting by the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is affecting access to updated Covid shots at pharmacies.
- In 13 states and Washington, D.C., people need a doctor's prescription for the Covid vaccine until ACIP issues recommendations.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has changed vaccine policies, limiting access for certain groups, which has sparked confusion among pharmacies.
- Pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens have differing access policies based on ACIP guidelines and state regulations, affecting vaccine availability for Covid and other diseases.
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CDC shakeups have made COVID-19 shots hard to get in Pa
Flu and Covid-19 vaccine for booster for omicron and Influenza virus. (Photo by Getty Images)Pharmacies across Pennsylvania are holding off on administering new COVID-19 vaccines until the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) vaccine advisory committee recommends them, or the commonwealth writes new rules on how to authorize them. The New York Times reported on Thursday that CVS and Walgreens, the nation’s largest pharmacy chains, have severely r…
Delayed vaccine meeting, shifting policies make it difficult for people to get Covid shot at pharmacies – Mnnofa
A delayed advisory panel meeting and shifting vaccine policies under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are making it difficult for people to get updated Covid shots. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices must issue recommendations on who should get a Covid vaccine in order for pharmacists in certain states to administer the shots. In recent years, the committee met earlier in the summe…

The delay in the meeting of the advisory panel and changes in vaccination policies under the direction of the Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., make it difficult for people to obtain updated vaccines against COVID-19. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must issue recommendations on who should be vaccinated against COVID-19 so that pharmacists in certain states…
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