LECOM Health, which partners with the Erie County Department of Health to provide vaccines, received its first shipment in early September.

Here’s what to know about navigating pharmacies, doctors, insurance companies and the government when trying to get updated coronavirus vaccines

The debut of updated COVID-19 vaccines has gotten off to a clunky start in many states. Limits on who can get the shots and prescription requirements are confusing customers and leaving some worried about whether they will get protection.

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,

Georgia residents may face an uphill battle accessing COVID-19 vaccines this fall, as federal agencies consider sweeping changes to eligibility requirements for immunizations. The process of updating vaccine guidelines — which for many years has been a matter of routine — is now increasingly uncertain amid shifting federal guidance on public health policies.

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.

Pharmacies are offering the updated COVID-19 vaccine. Some will need a prescription — and could pay out of pocket.

This allows senior citizens as well as adults over 18 who meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list of high risk conditions to receive a COVID-19 vaccine without a prescription.