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Committee disputes HHS vaccine-policy changes after ACIP removals and MAHA report errors
Summary
Members confronted Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over recent changes to vaccine advisory structures, disputed vaccine guidance, and errors identified in a commission report he chaired.
A central area of contention at the hearing was recent HHS actions affecting vaccine policy and vaccine advisory structures. Representative Frank Pallone and others said Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s actions—firing all 17 members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and replacing the panel—undermine public trust and removed experienced advisers from a public, long‑standing process.
‘‘You unilaterally fired all 17 members of the advisory committee on immunization practices…the medical experts who develop vaccine recommendations, and appointed 8 anti vaccine people,’’ Representative Pallone said during his opening statement, summarizing his concerns about the composition of the new panel.
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