US EditionCDC Official Overseeing Agency Recommendations for Covid-19 Vaccines Resigns
- Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, who specialized in pediatric infectious diseases at the CDC, stepped down on Tuesday from her position as co-chair of the COVID-19 vaccine advisory working group.
- Her resignation occurred one week after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who oversees the CDC and other health agencies and is known for his vaccine skepticism, announced the removal of COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant individuals from the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule.
- Panagiotakopoulos sent an email explaining her departure as a personal decision, citing her inability to continue helping the most vulnerable populations in her current position.
- The CDC subsequently released a vaccine schedule indicating that COVID-19 vaccination is available for healthy kids between 6 months and 17 years old when it is recommended jointly by their parents and physicians.
- Her resignation highlights internal tensions within the CDC three weeks before an expert committee's scheduled June 25-27 meeting to review COVID-19 vaccine recommendations.
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