Youth can't get COVID vaccination in Hill County

For now, entities in Hill County, cannot vaccinate 16- and 17-year-olds with underlying conditions despite them being eligible for vaccination due to a lack of the Pfizer vaccine, requiring them to go to other counties.

Hill County Public Health Director and Health Officer Kim Larson confirmed the situation in an email Thursday and said it will continue as long as the county only has access to the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, a situation she does not see changing soon.

“Locally, we can only vaccinate people 18 and older because of which vaccine we have,” she said. “We do...