RFK Jr, vaccine and Advisory Committee
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., abruptly removes all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). An epidemiologist explains
One of the ACIP members fired by Robert Kennedy Jr. was acclaimed health behavior researcher Noel Brewer, who works at UNC.
All 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel published an essay Monday decrying “destabilizing decisions" made by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that could lead to more preventable disease spread.
The Health and Human Services secretary said he is "retiring" all 17 members of the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which helps set recommendations for vaccines.
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which can have up to 19 members, was established in 1964 to advise the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on what vaccines should be recommended for children and adults. For example, it recommends how many doses of a vaccine should be given at what ages. It also monitors vaccine safety.
U.S. health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to replace all 17 members of the CDC’s vaccine experts panel is facing pushback.
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