WASHINGTON \u2014 Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday unveiled the names of the eight new members who will sit on the panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy, and said they would review the current vaccine schedule, as well as evaluate new shots.<\/p>\n
The new members include several well-known critics of vaccines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe slate includes highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America\u2019s most accomplished physicians,\u201d Kennedy wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n The appointment comes just days after Kennedy dismissed every member<\/a> of the committee, calling for a \u201cclean slate\u201d with new members. The committee is scheduled to hold a meeting later this month.<\/p>\n The firings of the ACIP members marked the most drastic step Kennedy has taken thus far to shake up the public health apparatus that reviews and issues recommendations on vaccines. ACIP studies vaccines in the regulatory pipeline and offers recommendations to the CDC on who they should be offered to once they have been approved.<\/p>\n The eight new members, a significant decline from the 17 that previously served on the panel, are:<\/p>\n WASHINGTON \u2014 Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday unveiled the names of the eight new members who will sit on the panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy, and said they would review the current vaccine schedule, as well as evaluate new shots.<\/p>\n The new members include several well-known critics of vaccines.<\/p>\n \u201cThe slate includes highly credentialed scientists, leading public-health experts, and some of America\u2019s most accomplished physicians,\u201d Kennedy wrote in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n The appointment comes just days after Kennedy dismissed every member<\/a> of the committee, calling for a \u201cclean slate\u201d with new members. The committee is scheduled to hold a meeting later this month.<\/p>\n\n