The states, all led by Democrats, claim the cuts were intended as retribution and will harm efforts to control H.I.V. and other sexually transmitted infections.
The country's confirmed cases have topped 9,000 since last year, raising fears that a high-stakes evaluation in April could lead to its status being revoked.
Fringe movements are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show.
The vaccine maker said the U.S. regulator rejected its request to seek approval for a new product using mRNA technology, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sharply criticized.
Explaining why officials dropped limits, Dr. Mehmet Oz said alcohol "brings people together." But social drinking also can lead to health problems, studies show.