States where you can get a COVID vaccine at CVS following RFK Jr. changes [View all]
Jason Lalljee
COVID-19 vaccine availability at CVS pharmacies
As of Aug. 29, 2025
COVID vaccines are no longer available at CVS pharmacies in Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico, the chain told Axios. 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.
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/29/cvs-covid-vaccines-kennedy-rfk
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