The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recently made significant changes to how Covid-19 vaccines are approved and the groups they are recommended for.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ushering in a new era of COVID-19 vaccine guidance in the U.S. as global coronavirus activity is on the rise and a new variant is spreading.

Vaccination rates across the country have continued to fall since the height of the pandemic, but the coronavirus never really went away. Some 11,707 Americans have died from the virus so far this year, according to CDC data.