In the quiet machinery of public health, a disruption has emerged that touches the lives of millions of American families: the federal system responsible for delivering COVID-19 vaccines to children has faltered, leaving roughly half the nation's young people waiting longer than planned for protection. The infrastructure meant to carry doses from manufacturer to clinic has stalled, and with it, the carefully timed schedules that immunization depends upon. What unfolds now is not merely a logistical problem but a question of accumulated risk — each week of delay a widening gap between children
Federal vaccine program stalls, delaying Covid-19 shots for half of US children
Millions of US children face delayed COVID-19 vaccination, potentially increasing their disease exposure risk during the immunization gap.