US EditionFive new members named to influential CDC vaccine advisory committee days ahead of key meeting
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all 17 previous appointees, adding five new members to the CDC vaccine advisory panel to influence upcoming vaccine policy decisions.
- On Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. selected five new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices members, expanding the panel before its September 18 and September 19 meeting in Atlanta.
- Kennedy rapidly replaced the ACIP members with eight of his own candidates, although one withdrew during vetting, and joined seven others he named earlier.
- The new appointees include Hilary Blackburn, Dr. Kirk Milhoan, Dr. Evelyn Griffin, Dr. Raymond Pollak and Catherine Stein; Milhoan and Griffin have criticized COVID policies and questioned mRNA vaccines.
- The new additions are expected to participate in the meeting and vote on recommendations for the measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella vaccine, the Hepatitis B vaccine, and this year's updated COVID-19 vaccines, influencing the Vaccines for Children program and state and local vaccine laws.
- Critics say top medical organizations and public health groups question the group's advice, while Over 1,000 current and former health agency workers call for Kennedy's resignation and states reduce reliance on ACIP guidance.
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Kennedy Adds Five New Members to Vaccine Committee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added five new members to a scientific advisory committee that recommends which vaccines Americans should take and when, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday. The announcement came three days before the panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, was scheduled to meet. The members are expected to decide on guidelines for important vaccines, including the sh…
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Five new members named to influential CDC vaccine advisory committee days ahead of key meeting
Five new members have been named to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, the US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday, just days ahead of a key meeting about vaccines for Covid-19 and other diseases.
RFK Jr. Names New Members to CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Sept. 15 named five new members to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccines. The new slate includes doctors and researchers who have been critical of the COVID-19 vaccines. “ACIP safeguards the health of Americans by issuing objective, evidence-based vaccine recommendations,” Kennedy said in …
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