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Kennedy names 8 vaccine committee replacements, including COVID shot critic
- On June 9, 2025, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and named eight new advisors.
- Kennedy cited federal reports detailing conflicts of interest among previous members and said a clean sweep is needed to restore public confidence in vaccine science.
- The ACIP, a trusted body following strict rules on conflicts of interest, transparency, and rotating terms, plans to meet at CDC headquarters in Atlanta from June 25 to 27.
- Public health leaders condemned the move as a "coup" that will generate confusion and erode trust, with ACP President Jason M. Goldman warning it endangers patient safety.
- This unprecedented replacement raises uncertainty about vaccine policies, risks politicizing decisions, and could worsen declining childhood vaccination rates amid ongoing outbreaks.
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RFK Jr. Falsely Claims New Vax Board Member Works at GWU
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, falsely said he named a doctor from George Washington University to a federal vaccine advisory board, reported News 4, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.
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RFK appoints Israeli MIT professor who said ‘vaccines cause serious harm’ to vaccine advisory panel
An Israeli professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who called for a halt to the COVID-19 vaccine is one of eight new people appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the committee that issues official government recommendations on immunizations, days after Kennedy removed all 17 previous members. Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, has published several papers r…
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RFK Jr. fired everyone on a key vaccine panel. Here’s who he replaced them with.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's pick for health secretary, appears at his nomination hearing before the Senate Finance Committee on Jan. 29, 2025. (Eric Harkleroad/KFF Health News) Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has removed every member of an independent panel key to vaccine policy and access in America and announced eight new names, many of whom have been skeptical of vaccines. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Pra…
RFK Jr. Appoints Robert Malone, Other Covid Shot Critics to Overhauled CDC Vaccine Panel - LewRockwell
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced eight appointments for the CDC’s top vaccine advisory panel, following his dismissal of all 17 previous members, citing a need to rebuild public trust in the federal immunization process. On Monday, I took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines by reconstituting the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). I retired the 17 curr
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