If you're not over 65 or have certain risk factors, it might be hard to get one but not necessarily impossible. Here's what to know about the confusing and fast-changing rules for getting the shot.

Each fall, updated versions of the COVID-19 vaccines come out around the same time as the annual flu shot. And just like the flu shot, these updated COVID vaccines are formulated to protect against virus strains that people are more likely to encounter in the coming months, as opposed to strains that were rampant the year prior.

This story was updated Mainers will be able to access COVID vaccines without a prescription, according to new guidance issued by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention under Gov. Janet Mills’ direction.

The Virginia Department of Health issued an order late Thursday that spells out who’s eligible to get the new COVID-19 vaccine without a prescription, and how those who don’t meet the

A group of Nashville pediatricians are concerned that many kids won't get the COVID-19 vaccine -- exposing them to more severe cases.

Under the CDC's current list of high-risk conditions, "almost everyone who wanted to receive a vaccine could," William Schaffner, MD, of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, told MedPage Today. "Whether that will be acceptable going forward is uncertain."

Health officials under US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are preparing analyses that may tie safety risks in pregnant women and children to the Covid-19 vaccine, while considering whether to narrow recommendations for elderly people to receive the shot,

In some states, the new COVID vaccine is available only with a prescription. But in Wisconsin, people at high-risk can get the shot without one.