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States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

At least 14 states, mostly led by Democratic governors, have eased COVID-19 vaccine access at pharmacies without prescriptions amid updated FDA guidance and political debates.

  • The governors of Arizona and Maine signed orders to allow residents to receive COVID-19 vaccines at pharmacies without individual prescriptions, responding to federal guidance that complicates access in 2025.
  • CVS Health states it provides COVID-19 vaccines without individual prescriptions in 41 states, but several states still require them under company policy.
  • At least 14 states, mainly with Democratic governors, have implemented policies this month to simplify access to COVID-19 vaccines.
  • Maine Governor Janet Mills criticized the Trump Administration's impact on vaccine access and emphasized the new order's importance for public health.
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States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina have signed orders intended to make COVID-19 vaccines available in pharmacies for people without individual prescriptions.

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States are taking steps to ease access to COVD-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

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The Business Journal broke the news in on Friday, September 12, 2025.
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