Chief Healthcare Executive August 28, 2025
Ron Southwick

The FDA signed off on updated shots, but they imposed new guidelines that could limit access, critics say. Healthcare groups want the shots to be more widely available.

The federal government signed off on updated COVID-19 vaccines, but some healthcare organizations aren’t happy with changes that they say will limit access.

Health & Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on X that the government has fulfilled a promise “to keep vaccines available to people who want them, especially the vulnerable.”

But groups representing pediatricians and infectious disease physicians said the Food & Drug Administration’s approvals would limit access to the vaccines to millions of Americans. Critics say the government’s actions could endanger the health of Americans and are...

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Topics: FDA, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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