Massachusetts public health officials released vaccine guidance for the next year that recommends young children and all adults receive the COVID-19 shot, a decision Gov. Maura Healey argued rebuffs efforts to curtail access to vaccinations at the federal level.

State health officials released the guidance just before a federal commission was scheduled to vote on national vaccine recommendations and as the former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was testifying in Washington on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to fire her.

In a statement Wednesday morning, Healey said her administration was not going to let President Donald Trump and Kennedy “take away your ability to make your own health care decisions.”

“Massachusetts will continue to lead with sc

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