Delays in recommending the shots and misinformation have created obstacles for vaccine access
The US has officially adopted recommendations for the updated Covid vaccines, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday – paving the way to offer Covid vaccines to more than half of children in the US who were unable to access them while the recommendations were in limbo.
Yet the delays, and the announcement itself, compound misinformation and persistent access issues, providers and experts say.