California, Oregon, and Washington announced on Wednesday that they are creating a health alliance that will share “credible information” about vaccine safety and efficacy, at a time when the federal health agency tasked with releasing vaccine guidance has been thrown into chaos .

In a joint statement , the Democratic governors of the three West Coast states said the alliance was meant “to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics.” The governors slammed the Trump Administration’s “dismantling” of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“President Donald Trump’s mass firing of CDC doctors and scientists—and his blatant politicization of the agency—is a direct assault on the health and safety of the American people,” the governors said. “The CDC has be

See Full Page