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Seventeen vaccine experts who were dismissed from a federal advisory panel last week say they are worried that recent moves by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will destabilize vaccine policy in the US and jeopardize access to lifesaving immunizations.
The 17 members of a federal vaccine advisory committee, who were ousted last week, argued their abrupt dismissal has "left the U.S. vaccine program critically weakened." The group, speaking collectively for the first time since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The ousted members of a key panel of vaccine experts said on Monday that U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s purge of the panel weakens the government's vaccine program, may impact access to lifesaving vaccines,
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Just two days after retiring the entirety of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel, US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed several prominent critics of the government’s Covid-19 response to that committee.
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official who led the agency's network to study hospitalization trends from infectious diseases like COVID-19 has resigned in protest following Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices helps the agency make recommendations on who should get certain vaccines.
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RFK dismissed the CDC's scientific vaccine advisers. His appointees for replacements are raising concerns about vaccine policy and recommendations moving forward.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week announced he would “retire” the entire panel that guides U.S. vaccine policy.
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The demonstration came a day after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gutted a federal vaccine safety panel and vowed to replace all the members.
A U.S. government scientist who oversees the team responsible for collecting data on COVID-19 and RSV hospitalizations used to shape national vaccine policy has resigned, citing concerns over how such data would be used by the Trump administration.
Kennedy Jr. promised he would not discourage people from getting vaccines or make the shots “difficult” to access. Now that the longtime anti-vaccine activist has the job, he’s putting his promise to the test.