Judge blocks RFK Jr.’s sweeping vaccine policy overhaul
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A judge suspended the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, but also said the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations.
As the White House approaches a federally mandated deadline to nominate a new CDC director, there have been no public signs indicating who the administration has in mind for the position, or even if it plans to select someone.
A federal court injunction put a check on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s rapid assault on U.S. vaccine recommendations, but months of turmoil and misinformation have sown doubt about vaccines that will be hard to reverse.
COVID-19 vaccines are back under review by the CDC, and the move is raising concern among some health experts.
The CDC’s influential Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has canceled a meeting that had been scheduled for Feb. 25-27. “We will not hold the ACIP meeting later this month,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said in a statement to Becker’s.