Sep 19, 2025 - Health
COVID shot: The access rules in your state
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COVID vaccine eligibility could depend on where you live.
Zoom out: Some states are making their own vaccine rules to bypass Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's vaccine restrictions.
- They're passing new legislation, executive orders, standing actions and pharmacy board directives, according to the Common Health Coalition.
- Western states have even formed a vaccine alliance.
Go deeper: See actions by state.
