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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing ahead with his plans to overhaul the Department of Health and Human Services, including restructuring and creating new agencies, despite legal and congressional obstacles, and is reshaping vaccine advisory panels to scrutinize childhood vaccines.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has added five new members, including healthcare professionals and critics of government COVID policies, as it prepares to discuss upcoming vaccine recommendations, amidst controversy over recent panel changes and vaccine policies.
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering appointing up to seven new members to the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, ACIP, amid controversy over conflicts of interest and unproven claims about vaccines, with the panel scheduled to meet in September to discuss COVID-19 and other vaccines.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reshaping the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel by adding members known for vaccine skepticism, raising concerns about potential bias in vaccine policy decisions amid ongoing debates over vaccine safety and influence.
Senator Bill Cassidy has called for a delay in the upcoming vaccine advisory panel meeting due to concerns over the experience and diversity of the new appointees by Health Secretary RFK Jr., amid ongoing disputes over vaccine policies and appointments following the mass dismissal of previous committee members.
Senator Cassidy urged the CDC to delay its vaccine advisers meeting due to concerns over new members appointed by Health Secretary Kennedy, who replaced the panel with individuals lacking relevant expertise and with vaccine skepticism, raising questions about the integrity of vaccine recommendations.
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has restructured the CDC's vaccine advisory panel by removing the previous members and appointing new critics of the COVID-19 response, including experts with diverse backgrounds and some who have expressed skepticism about mRNA vaccines, aiming for a more cautious review of vaccine safety and efficacy.
The firing of the CDC's vaccine advisory panel by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised concerns among health experts, with former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden defending the panel's transparency and importance, warning that undermining it could lead to decreased vaccination rates and increased disease spread, amidst claims of conflicts of interest and misinformation.