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The FDA may restrict COVID shots. Who will be able to get them?

FILE – A pharmacist prepares a Covid booster shot in the vaccination clinic at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 22, 2022. With Covid shots restricted in the 2025 fall, who can get them? Though much remains uncertain, experts predicted barriers to vaccination for infants getting initial shots and new costs for healthy people under 65. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

The vaccine is expected to remain available for anyone who is at least 65 or who has a medical condition, leaving many Americans ineligible. Here's what we know.

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