Vaccine Policy in Turmoil: New CDC Advisory Committee Meets Amid Outcry
Vaccine Policy in Turmoil: New CDC Advisory Committee Meets Amid Outcry The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), typically a quiet body shaping U.S. vaccine policy, is now at the epicenter of a major controversy. Its two-day meeting, commencing this Wednesday in Atlanta, is drawing intense scrutiny following Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent overhaul of its membership. Just two weeks ago, Secretary Kennedy controversially dismissed all 17 standing members of the ACIP, replacing them with a smaller, hand-picked…