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Uncertainty over federal recommendations may affect vaccine access and decisions by patients, clinicians and health systems across the United States. The article says experts expect some uncertainty to continue for years.
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U.S. vaccine recommendations face delays amid changes to federal advisory panel
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The Guardian reports that changes by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to vaccine policy and the federal vaccine advisory panel have left new recommendations in limbo. The article says childhood immunization recommendations have been cut by a third, while newly approved vaccines await guidance.
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