Staff who provide data to the vaccine panel have been pushed aside, according to health officials, raising doubts about the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) On June 11, 2025, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., abruptly removes all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s ...

Kennedy's move appears to shortcut the CDC's outside vaccine advisers, dropping COVID vaccines from the list recommended for ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development ... of Philadelphia. “RFK Jr. has for 20 years shown ...

Kennedy announced that the CDC is no longer recommending routine COVID-19 vaccinations for pregnant women and healthy ...

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed column Monday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he would restore faith in vaccines by firing all the experts on a panel that sets vaccine recommendations. The Health and Human ...

Kennedy Jr. removed all ACIP members ... However, his critics say the move could politicize vaccine guidance and erode confidence in public health institutions. Paul Offit, MD, a former ACIP ...

On topics, such as vaccines ... guidance on recommending adding fluoride. The public health experts said Kennedy's actions are setting up a dichotomy on public health. "I think that RFK Jr ...

Kennedy Jr. on Monday dismissed ... conflict of interests issues,” Dorit Reiss, a professor of law at UC Law San Francisco, told CNN. “This will not restore trust in vaccines, and is not ...

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines to healthy children ... Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made the announcement on X Tuesday ...