A vaccine advisory panel at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to restrict access to the MMRV vaccine, which is a combination shot that protects against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, to children under the age of 4. About half of the panel’s members were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The panelists are also set to vote today on COVID-19 shots and whether to delay administering the hepatitis B vaccine to newborns.

Meanwhile, New York, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have formed a Northeastern bloc to issue broader vaccine recommendations than the CDC. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement, “As Washington continues to launch its misguided attacks on science, New York is making it clear that every resident will have access to the COVID vaccine and the healthcare they rely on.”