BOSTON —

Gov. Maura Healey on Thursday is announcing immediate measures to ensure residents have access to vaccines in Massachusetts as changes implemented at the federal level by the Trump administration impact availability nationwide.

The state efforts come with COVID-19 cases rising and as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has restructured and downsized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , attempting to advance anti-vaccine policies that are contradicted by decades of scientific research. Concerns about staffing and budget cuts were heightened after the White House sought to oust the agency’s director, with some top CDC leaders resigning in protest. Latest Forecast

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