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6 Ways States Can Protect Vaccine Access While the Trump Administration Dismantles the Federal System

As the federal government dismantles the country’s vaccine infrastructure, the burden of ensuring access to vaccines for flu, measles, and more is shifting to states. Read More

Shapiro signs executive order to safeguard vaccine access in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order Wednesday creating new safeguards for vaccine access in Pennsylvania — a move he said is necessary to protect families’ health ... Read More

Commentary: States must protect vaccine access in face of federal chaos

New York's actions to ensure access, and the establishment of the Northeast Public Health Collaborative, can serve as models for other states. Credit: Getty Images. When public health works, it’s ... Read More

Pennsylvania governor announces new vaccine safeguards, expanded access to shots in executive order

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signs an executive order aimed at expanding and preserving access to vaccines during a press conference at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From ... Read More

Low-income children lack access to Covid vaccines because of approval delay

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she ... Read More

RFK Jr. drags feet on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, delaying shots for kids

As respiratory virus season draws near, no federal health official has signed off on recommendations for this year’s updated COVID-19 vaccines, leaving the federal vaccination schedule without an ... Read More

NC lawmakers wanted to make COVID shots easier to get. Why the law they passed did the opposite

COVID-19 is showing up more in our wastewater, signaling a growing number of infections across the state. This, after a confusing month of who can and cannot get the vaccine. WRAL Investigates found ... Read More

Low-income families are still waiting on Covid-19 vaccines for kids, but states say they’re coming

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her ... Read More

Pharmacy coalition issues policymaking guidance on vaccines

The Vaccine Access Work Group, a coalition of 12 organizations representing pharmacy professionals, published Oct. 16 guiding principles for state policymaking on pharmacy personnel-administered ... Read More

COVID vaccine rollout and pandemic preparedness assessed in new book, 'Fair Doses'

The idea was born over drinks at the Hard Rock Hotel in Davos Switzerland, on January 23, 2020. There was a new virus ringing alarm bells in China, but it hadn't yet become an international concern. Read More