(Reuters) -The West Coast Health Alliance, including the states of California, Oregon, and Hawaii, on Wednesday recommended COVID-19 vaccines in all adults and children who choose protection, in contrast to the U.S. government’s narrowed approvals for the shots.

The alliance said it recommends updated COVID-19 vaccines for all children between six and 23 months, and two to 18-year-olds with risk factors or who were never vaccinated against COVID-19.

The recommendations contrast with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which last month approved the updated vaccines for people with health conditions and all people aged 65 and older.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s sweeping federal vaccine policy changes, including withdrawing COVID vaccine recommendations for pregnant women an

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