The Department of Health and Human Services sent Congress a document to support Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to change federal vaccine recommendations that cited unpublished or disputed studies and misrepresented other findings,

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday that he is dismissing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), a key panel that guides national vaccine policy.

A fired committee member who served on the panel since July 2024 said the decision to fire him and his colleagues came from "out of the blue."