On Friday, a federal panel stacked with appointees handpicked by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . decided on new rules for getting the COVID shot, which could make the vaccine, it really kind of will make the vaccine less available than it has been in years.The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, known as ASIP for short, voted in favor of recommending that people under the age of 65 consult a doctor before getting the COVID vaccine. This is different from its past recommendations for all Amer ...

Hey Yas, you know, this is really incredible and I'm so proud to have been a part of this project. The genesis of it is that the medical unit was sitting around during the measles outbreak in Gaines County, Texas, which I'm sure you remember, and they were thinking to themselves, you know, how can we broaden this out and take an interesting look at where vaccination rates stand around the country. They then embarked on this six-monthlong project where they reached out to every department of health in every ...

To go to premier charter school in St. Louis, students have to be up todate on their vaccines and go. >> School nurse Virginia Wilson makes sure they are.>> So, it's a big chunk of your job in the beginning of the school year. >> It is my entire job at the beginning of the school year. >> And she says it's getting harder.>> How many kindergarteners this year needed vaccines. >> We probably at for our school around like 20% need them. NBC News medical unit and researchers at Stanford University crunched scho ...