A person enters a CVS store in Monterey Park, California, on September 25, 2025, where flu and covid-19 vaccines are on offer. While a newly-appointed US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel last week decided getting a covid vaccine should be a personal choice, California and other states in the West Coast Health Alliance aim to preserve vaccine access and issue science-based vaccination guidance. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)