Analysis-Medical groups and US states work to circumvent Kennedy's vaccine decisions

CHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and several states to formulate their own vaccine recommendations for the fall respiratory illness season, concerned many healthy children and pregnant women could lose access to preventive shots. This push for an alternative standard to the one set by the federal government runs the risk of increasing confusion among providers and patients, according to health experts. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on which people should receive vaccines and at what intervals after they are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.