The Illinois Department of Public Health issued an order Tuesday that will allow almost anyone in the state to get the updated COVID-19 vaccine.

The state’s new protocols are in sharp contrast to the guidance issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which declined to recommend the vaccine for anyone and left the choice up to individuals.

In issuing the order and other vaccine guidance, state officials referenced the turmoil facing the nation’s leading health agency, which was once the authority many Americans turned to for medical advice. Elected democrats and some medical associations have called for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

“At a time when the federal government is abdicating its responsibil

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