HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - As the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pushes controversial new policies, Hawaii is joining forces with three other Democratic states in a new public health partnership.

The governors of California, Oregon, and Washington formed the West Coast Health Alliance in response to what they call the Trump administration’s “destruction” of the CDC.

They announced the addition of Hawaii Thursday to coordinate public health guidelines and vaccine recommendations that will be “grounded in science, not in ideology.”

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green, who’s a physician, said in a statement:

“Hawaii is proud to stand with our West Coast partners to ensure public health decisions are grounded in science, not politics. As an island state, we understand how critical it

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