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Kennedy’s Vaccine Committee Plans to Vote on COVID-19, Hepatitis B and Chickenpox Shots
The committee's vote could alter vaccine coverage under government programs, impacting nearly 50% of U.S. childhood immunizations, amid ongoing controversy over panel changes.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee plans to vote on changing recommendations for COVID-19, hepatitis B, and chickenpox vaccines.
- Kennedy replaced the entire 17-member panel with a group that includes several anti-vaccine voices, prompting criticism and a lawsuit from doctors' groups.
- Public health experts worry that the votes could raise unwarranted questions about vaccines and potentially restrict a government program that pays for vaccines for low-income families.
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Kennedy's vaccine committee plans to vote on COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox shots
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee meets this week, with votes slated on whether to change recommendations on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox.
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