Health Care

West Coast states form alliance to issue independent vaccine guidelines

The alliance aims to coordinate public health guidelines and immunization recommendations.
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis talks to reporters as workers and supporters rally for departing scientific leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention outside the CDC headquarters, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

California, Oregon and Washington are forming an alliance to coordinate public health guidelines in an attempt to fill the role that federal agencies have held for decades.

The governors of the three states issued a joint statement Wednesday announcing the West Coast Health Alliance, which will coordinate public health guidelines and align immunization recommendations informed by “national medical organizations.” The group will finalize its “shared principles,” in the coming weeks.

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