Amid confusion over this year's updated COVID-19 vaccines, we explain what's different this year and who experts say should get vaccinated.

President Trump got his COVID booster shot Friday night while Robert F. Kennedy Jr., America’s most famous anti-vaxxer and the HHS Secretary, restricts Americans’ access to the vaccine he hates. During a “routine annual checkup” at Walter Reed Medical Center—Trump’s second of 2025—Trump received a report of gushing awe from White House physician Dr.

Following weeks of waiting, uninsured and low-income Iowans will soon have access to low-cost COVID-19 boosters after the CDC officially approved a set of recommendations from federal vaccine advisers on Monday.

The panel voted to undo an action by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. which removed the vaccine from the immunization schedule for pregnant women.

The federal guidance comes after many states have already announced their own Covid vaccine recommendations, creating "unprecedented" levels of confusion, one expert said.

Meanwhile, one strain, Stratus, continues to dominate all others in the U.S., accounting for an even higher percentage of cases than the previous month. While the CDC has slowed its pace in reporting certain COVID-19 data,