AP Special Report HEALTH | Q&A Will you be able to get a COVID-19 shot? Here's what we know so far LAURAN NEERGAARD and TOM MURPHY Associated Press Jun 2, 2025 Jun 2, 2025 Updated Dec 4, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Want a COVID-19 vaccination this fall? For many Americans, it's not clear how easy it will be to get one.kAmw62=E9 $64C6E2CJ #@36CE u] z6??65J yC][ 2 =@?8E:>6 2?E:\G244:?6 24E:G:DE[ =2DE >@?E9 D2:5 E96 D9@ED 2C6 ?@ =@?86C C64@>>6?565 7@C 962=E9J 49:=5C6? 2?5 AC68?2?E H@>6? — FDFCA:?8 2 564:D:@? ?@C>2==J >256 3J D4:6?E:7:4 6IA6CED[ ?@E A@=:E:42= 2AA@:?E66D]k^AmkAms2JD =2E6C[ E96 r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? D2:5 962=E9J 49:=5C6? 2?5 AC68?2?E H@>6? Q>2JQ 86E r~'xs\`h G244:?2E:@?D[ C6>@G:?8 DEC@?86C =2?8F286 E92E E9@D6 8C@FAD QD9@F=5Q 86E E96 D9@ED]k^Am kAm%96 492?86 7@==@HD 2? 62C=:6C %CF>A 25>:?:DEC2E:@? 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Kennedy has ordered a review of baby formula. Here's what you should know As federal health officials vow to overhaul the U.S. food supply, they’re taking a new look at infant formula.
'Gas station heroin' is technically illegal and widely available. Here are the facts Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience st…
Trump administration cancels Moderna contract to fight bird flu and other viruses Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed deep skepticism regarding mRNA vaccines, despite real-world evidence that the vaccines ar…
COVID vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, Kennedy says U.S. health officials, following recommendations by infectious disease experts, have been urging annual COVID-19 boosters for all Americans ag…
RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway Agencies working under Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are changing the nation's decades-old system for approving vaccines. The shift comes despite a pl…
The Gates Foundation's first 25 years: How it changed global health and philanthropy This month, Bill Gates announced the foundation will close in 2045. He also pledged to donate 99% of his remaining fortune to the nonprofit by then.
Experts call Kennedy's plan to find autism's cause unrealistic He said the National Institutes of Health would create a new database "to uncover the root causes of autism and other chronic diseases."
