US EditionRFK Jr.’s HHS Rewrites Rules Governing Key CDC Vaccine Committee
The revised charter adds vaccine safety gaps, cumulative effects and mRNA platforms to the panel’s agenda, while broadening membership criteria.
- On Monday, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. approved a renewed charter for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices , significantly broadening the committee's scope to include mRNA vaccine platforms and safety research.
- A mid-March court order by District Judge Brian E. Murphy temporarily blocked ACIP's work, prompting HHS to broaden membership criteria and revise the committee's rulebook to address gaps in vaccine safety research.
- Additions to the charter direct ACIP to focus on 'identifying gaps in vaccine safety research' and the 'cumulative effects' of childhood vaccines, while specifically tasking the group with studying 'novel vaccine platforms such as mRNA vaccines.'
- HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon stated the renewal reflects 'routine statutory requirements' that 'do not signal any broader policy shift,' though Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warned the charter codifies a vision focused solely on risk rather than balance.
- New non-voting members include the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, a group skeptical of vaccines. Critics argue these additions provide a platform to 'further destabilize trust in vaccines' without scientific basis.
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The Trump administration just updated rules for CDC's vaccine advisory panel, allowing inclusion of RFK Jr. allies
The changes published Thursday come after a recent legal defeat that has at least temporarily halted meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which for decades has recommended how best to use the nation’s vaccines.
RFK Jr. Updates Guidelines for CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel to Include Risk Assessment
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on April 9 issued a revised charter for a key vaccine advisory panel, expanding its role to emphasize vaccine safety risks and widening the criteria for membership selection. The new charter came after a judge ruled last month that previous votes from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) were invalid and blocked its new vaccine schedule for children. The ACIP is a federal advisory committ…
Updated Rules for CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel Reflect Kennedy Skepticism
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has updated the charter of a key federal vaccine advisory committee in ways that may increase the voices of anti-vaccine activists, the latest in a series of moves that critics say are undermining confidence in life-saving shots. The changes published Thursday come after a recent legal defeat that has […]
RFK Jr.’s HHS rewrites rules governing key CDC vaccine committee
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved changes to rules that govern an expert group that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations.
Plan for remade CDC vaccine panel adds focus on vaccine safety, matching Kennedy’s push
Following a judge’s ruling that suspended most of the Trump administration’s appointments to the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel, a newly published charter for the group adds emphasis on vaccine safety and expands the types of expertise the agency is looking for on the panel.
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