CDC vaccine panel protects coverage for COVID-19 vaccines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine safety committee voted unanimously Friday afternoon to no longer positively recommend COVID-19 vaccines for adults, instead advising “shared clinical decision-making” between patients and their healthcare providers. If the acting CDC director signs off on the recommendation, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ vote on COVID-19 vaccines means that adults and children are no longer recommended to get the vaccine, but will still be able to do so if they desire. In the same meeting, though, the committee also voted to require insurance...