I want to bring in our NBC News health and medical reporter, Berkeley Love Lace. He's with us now. Uh Berkeley, could you talk about the implications that everything Gabe just laid out could have on all Americans, our public health.>> Yeah. Yeah. So, uh Monz uh was just confirmed in late July and since then we were out without a permanent director and so the CDC is considered the premier public health agency uh of the world.And so there are a lot of concerns about what could happen to public health particul ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved the next round of COVID shots for the fall, but only for a more limited group of people. The updated vaccine is approved for adults 65 and older. The FDA also gave the green light for kids and adults with at least one medical condition that puts them at risk of severe illness.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . announced the approval in a post on X today.The new restrictions are likely to affect what insurance covers, especially for peopl ...