CDC backs updated Covid vaccines as access issues persist: ‘We still don’t have doses in hand’

Delays in recommending the shots and misinformation have created obstacles for vaccine access

• What you need to know about Covid vaccines in the US this fall

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.