Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is removing a panel of outside advisers that make vaccine recommendations to the federal government, his latest move to overhaul approval of vaccines in the US.
The removal of the members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) comes ahead of a meeting scheduled for June 26 to consider Covid-19 and other vaccines. The ACIP meets several times a year and advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy.
“Without removing the current members, the current Trump administration would not have been able to appoint a majority of new members ...