NC sticks with its 2015 vaccine schedule despite CDC cuts, urging flu shots and up‑to‑date MMR.

A lawmaker told the Senate that $600,000,000 intended for Gavi, the vaccine alliance, remains withheld despite statutory direction, and urged the State Department to release the money to prevent avoidable illness and deaths abroad.

The United Nations and partners announced an integrated catch-up campaign in the Gaza Strip to deliver routine immunizations, nutrition and growth monitoring to an estimated 44,000 children cut off from services by the war. The operation will run in three rounds beginning Sunday, with vaccines, cold-chain equipment and trained staff prepositioned,,

Senators approved a measure that broadens who may administer COVID‑19 vaccines to children and revises how New York’s immunization schedule is set — placing greater discretion with the state health commissioner while listing federal and professional organizations only as consultative bodies. Critics said the change removes a binding federal standard and may risk federal funding and liability protections.