States where you can get a COVID vaccine at CVS following RFK Jr. changes
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COVID vaccines are no longer available at CVS stores in three states and available only with an authorized prescriber's prescription in 13 states and the District of Columbia, CVS told Axios on Friday.
Why it matters: Following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s major curtailing of COVID vaccine eligibility on Wednesday, many Americans are left confused about whether and how they'll be able to get shots amid a surging "stratus" variant.
Driving the news: Amy Thibault, a spokesperson for CVS, said the "current regulatory environment" means that CVS is offering vaccinations in 34 states, offering them only with prescriber authorization in 13 others and D.C., and completely barring access in three.
- Those lists "may change at any time," Thibault said.
- Following RFK Jr.'s announcement, The New York Times reported that CVS and Walgreens, the country's two largest pharmacies, restricted vaccines in more than a dozen states.
Catch up quick: "The emergency use authorizations for Covid vaccines, once used to justify broad mandates on the general public during the Biden administration, are now rescinded," Kennedy wrote on X.
- Boosters for high-risk patients were approved, though.
The Department of Health and Human Services ousted CDC director Susan Monarez the same day it announced its changes, which was followed by the resignation of several top CDC officials and a massive walkout of the agency's staff.
- Many science and medical experts have decried RFK Jr.'s vaccination moves, and the latest has caused tensions between the HHS and CDC to boil over.
Here's where — and how easily — you can get a COVID shot at CVS:
COVID-19 vaccines are available at CVS without a prescription
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arkansas
- California
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Hawaii
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- North Dakota
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
COVID-19 vaccines are available at CVS depending on age, with a prescription
- Arizona
- Colorado
- Washington, D.C.
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- North Carolina
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Virginia
- West Virginia
COVID-19 vaccines are unavailable at CVS at all
- Massachusetts
- Nevada
- New Mexico
