COVID vaccines for uninsured Tennessee kids in limbo amid federal delays

By: Anita Wadhwani

Outlets: Tennessee Lookout

Published: September 22, 2026

Words: 817

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The federal government has yet to release information on when — or whether — it will continue to provide COVID-19 vaccines to low-income children through a free immunization program, raising alarms among some Tennessee health providers ahead of this Fall’s respiratory illness season.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccines for Children program routinely delivers immunizations to state and local health officials to be made available to children at public health clinics …

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