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Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed legislation that formally establishes a process for state-level vaccine guidelines and expands pharmacy access to COVID-19 and other shots for young children across Illinois.

“While RFK Jr. and his QAnon-inspired colleagues, spreading conspiracy theories and dangerous misinformation about vaccines, are running around Washington, Illinois is stepping up to protect the health of our people,” Pritzker said at a news conference downtown, referring to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The new state law follows months of changing federal vaccine policies and growing backlash from blue states, which say current federal guidelines are less supportive of vaccination than previous presid

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