Kennedy appoints five new members to US vaccine panel

16/9/2025 6:19

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday appointed five new members to the revamped advisory panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy.



This comes ahead of the panel's meeting this week to review guidance on shots for hepatitis B, measles-mumps-rubella-varicella and COVID-19, in a closely

watched session that could further reshape the federal vaccination policy.



Kennedy, a longtime vaccine critic, dismissed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in June and installed a new, smaller panel, with members who have questioned aspects of mRNA and childhood vaccination. The committee will now have 12 members.