Two days left to comment on HHS's vaccine category proposal

Katelyn Jetelina · 18 Sept 2026

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The administration's likely plan to revise federal vaccine recommendation categories is not a legitimate way to improve the system.

Their wordsThere are legitimate ways to improve our systems, but what they're likely planning isn't one of them.
Our reading
Reclassifying a vaccine out of official routine-recommendation status erodes practical access to it even without changing the recommendation itself.

Their wordsMoving a vaccine out of that category adds significant implementation barriers that will erode access to vaccines.

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