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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Melody Schreiber

‘Uncharted territory’: uncertainty as US vaccine guidance falls apart under Trump

close up of a pair of hands injecting a syringe into a person's arm
A health worker administers a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Chester, Pennsylvania, in December 2021. Photograph: Matt Rourke/AP

Several shots lost their recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after a judge’s stay against changes made by the Trump administration – which may affect access to the shots in some states. And no new vaccine recommendations may be made as long as the vaccines committee is halted.

Access to existing vaccines – and the future development of new vaccines – has been increasingly called into question under the second Trump administration, as the now-halted Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) made controversial recommendations and health officials made unilateral changes to routine vaccines, with long-term and global implications.

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