Hawaii on Thursday joined three fellow Democrat-led West Coast states in a health alliance amid turmoil and shifting vaccine guidance at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The West Coast Health Alliance was formed Wednesday by California, Oregon, and Washington pledging to share public health information to ensure “residents receive credible information free from political interference.”

“Hawaii is proud to stand with our West Coast partners to ensure public health decisions are grounded in science, not politics,” Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said in a statement. “As an island state, we understand how critical it is to protect our communities from preventable disease. By joining the West Coast Health Alliance, we’re giving Hawaii’s people the same consistent, evidence-based guidance they can trust to keep their families and neighbors safe.

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