Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday released a list of eight new members on a key vaccine advisory committee, just days after he fired all members of the former panel.
Kennedy removed the former members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Monday, whom he accused of holding “persistent conflicts of interest” that made it “little more than a rubber stamp for any vaccine.”
The new appointments mark a drastic downsizing of the panel, which previously consisted of 17 members.
“The slate includes highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America’s most accomplished physicians,” Kennedy posted to X. “All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense.”
The new members will convene for their first meeting on June 25.
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