Group Of States, NYC Announce Public Health Collaboration

A number of U.S. states and the nation’s largest city announced that they have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.  The new alliance includes Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York state and New York City, Rhode Island and Maryland.  The move comes as national health agencies revisit their vaccine recommendations on the updated Covid shots and the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella vaccine.