The CDC changed its COVID vaccine guidance. What does that mean for you?

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he will nary longer urge that patient children and pregnant group get COVID-19 shots. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he will nary longer urge that patient children and pregnant group get COVID-19 shots.

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When Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced new COVID recommendations this week, it raised questions among clinicians and patients:

Will those shots still beryllium disposable to group who want them — and will security screen it?

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks pinch Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of nan Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, astir nan CDC's caller guidelines — and whether they could make it much difficult for these patients to get shots if they want them.

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