The CDC's vaccine advisors are considering options that would narrow the recommendations for the fall COVID vaccine to only include groups at higher risk for severe illness. [ MedScape] 

The news came at a Tuesday meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the first of a 2-day session that was originally scheduled for February but abruptly postponed by HHS.

Seasonal COVID shots are currently recommended for everyone 6 months and older, but CDC's Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, MD, MPH, presented findings from a recent poll of the ACIP COVID-19 Work Group showing that 76% of its members supported a non-universal (risk-based) recommendation for the 2025-2026 respiratory virus season.

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