RFK Jr.’s HHS rewrites rules governing key CDC vaccine committee
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US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved changes to rules governing the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The revised charter broadens the committee's scope, focusing on vaccine safety research, adverse effects, and cumulative effects of childhood vaccines.
The US Health and Human Services Secretary has rewritten rules for a key CDC vaccine committee. The changes broaden the committee's scope, including a focus on vaccine safety research and adverse effects. The committee will consider cumulative effects of childhood vaccines and ingredients like aluminum. The revisions also task the committee with reviewing novel vaccine platforms and schedules used by other countries. The changes follow a court order that temporarily blocked the committee's work. The revised charter has raised concerns among medical professionals, who say it could destabilize trust in vaccines.
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