A system built to protect the most vulnerable children has been quietly brought to a halt. Across multiple states, the federal machinery that delivers COVID-19 vaccines to low-income and uninsured children has stalled under the CDC's current leadership, leaving families who depend on public health infrastructure without access to shots that exist but cannot reach them. This is not a story about supply — it is a story about will, and what happens when the apparatus of protection is allowed to go still.
CDC delays block states' access to COVID-19 vaccines for low-income children
Low-income and uninsured children are being denied access to COVID-19 vaccines due to federal delays in vaccine distribution.