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RFK Jr’s dismantling of the ACIP panel has halted new vaccine recommendations, creating years of uncertainty and disrupting public access to immunizations.
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‘It’s a mess right now’: RFK’s sweeping changes place new vaccines in limbo
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Health secretary’s effort to alter makeup of ACIP panel means no new recommendations coming – even as new vaccines are approvedUS vaccine recommendations are in limbo, access to vaccines is suffering, and some of the uncertainty may continue for years following major blows to vaccination by the Trump administration, experts say.Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has made sweeping changes to vaccination policy, cutting childhood immunization recommendations by a third and replacing experts on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) with his own handpicked allies. Continue reading...
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