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States prep for COVID-19 vaccine upheaval

Vaccine policy is rapidly fracturing along party lines under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and states are prepping for more upheaval following a meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in Atlanta next week.

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Public health leaders are anticipating that the panel, which Kennedy stacked with vaccine skeptics, could roll back coverage of key vaccines ahead of the winter respiratory season.

To bolster vaccine access and insulate themselves as much as possible, legislators, governors and health officials are passing bills and issuing orders to clarify that pharmacists can administer COVID-19 and other vaccines.

A patchwork of regulations across the United States has add

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