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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limbo

Gloved hands prepare a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, connecting syringe and vial
A combination MMR vaccine is prepared at a Pennsylvania health department clinic in Lancaster county. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

US vaccine recommendations are in limbo, access to vaccines is suffering, and some of the uncertainty may continue for years following major blows to vaccination by the Trump administration, experts say.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has made sweeping changes to vaccination policy, cutting childhood immunization recommendations by a third and replacing experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with his own handpicked allies.

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