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politics1 day ago

Kennedy revamps vaccine-panel charter to stress safety risks amid court fight

After a court ruling paused Kennedy’s overhaul of the ACIP, the HHS-signed charter updates broaden the panel’s mandate to include vaccine safety risks and research gaps, expands membership expertise to include toxicology and vaccine-injury recovery, and allows non-voting liaisons from groups skeptical of vaccines. The changes come as Kennedy, who previously fired ACIP members, seeks to align policy with his anti-vaccine views; critics say the move advances “junk science” while HHS calls it a routine renewal. The charter also tasks ACIP with evaluating international vaccination schedules and enhancing safety surveillance.

via Politico|
#acip#health-policy#politics
Kennedy Jr.'s CDC Shake-Up Sparks Concerns Over Public Health
politics18 days ago

Kennedy Jr.'s CDC Shake-Up Sparks Concerns Over Public Health

An NYT Magazine exposé shows that since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. became head of Health and Human Services, he has targeted the CDC with firings and leadership churn, sidelined scientists in favor of political appointees, replaced vaccine experts on ACIP with allies, and even promoted unproven measles treatments during outbreaks. With the agency largely leaderless for most of the past year and a court halting some vaccine-policy changes, critics warn that public health is being steered by ideology rather than science.

via The New York Times|
#acip#cdc#kennedy-jr
Public Health at a Crossroads: Kennedy’s CDC Reshapes Science into Policy
health19 days ago

Public Health at a Crossroads: Kennedy’s CDC Reshapes Science into Policy

A New York Times oral history reveals that after RFK Jr. became health secretary, the CDC was transformed from a science-led agency into a politically driven one: thousands of staff were fired or forced out, the ACIP was purged and reconstituted with vaccine skeptics, public communications were tightly controlled, and vaccination policies were dramatically altered without the usual scientific checks. The result, according to current and former CDC employees, is a weakened public-health infrastructure and a public increasingly exposed to health threats, as measles outbreaks and vaccine controversies unfold under a reoriented governance model.

via The New York Times|
#acip#cdc#health
Court ruling throws ACIP's future into question as membership and decisions are paused
us-news22 days ago

Court ruling throws ACIP's future into question as membership and decisions are paused

A federal judge halted 13 ACIP members and all of their decisions, prompting confusion over whether the vaccine advisory panel will be disbanded, reconstituted, or remain with new leadership; four recently named members still serve, while officials say no final path has been decided, and the ruling also paused changes to the routine childhood vaccine schedule, keeping all 17 vaccines under current recommendations.

via The Guardian|
#acip#federal-court#public-health
ACIP at Crossroads: Evidence vs. Politics in COVID Vaccine Policy
health-policy22 days ago

ACIP at Crossroads: Evidence vs. Politics in COVID Vaccine Policy

An Op-Ed argues that the reconstituted ACIP is relitigating COVID vaccine safety using an unvalidated PACVS framework, proposing unvalidated diagnostics and dubious prevalence, while ignoring robust VSD surveillance showing no excess mortality post-vaccination; internal dissent among work-group members and a court ruling suggesting the process violated the Administrative Procedure Act highlight concerns that policy is being guided by conclusions rather than evidence. The piece warns that replacing GRADE with a weaker evidentiary standard would undermine vaccine policy across all vaccines, and notes the March meeting was postponed, set against a public health backdrop of measles outbreaks.

via CIDRAP|
#acip#covid-19-vaccines#grade-framework
Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Push, Forcing HHS to Pause Key Changes
politics24 days ago

Judge Blocks RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Push, Forcing HHS to Pause Key Changes

A federal judge blocked several HHS vaccine policy changes pushed by Secretary RFK Jr., ruling that he overstepped authority by firing and replacing ACIP members and by withdrawing vaccine recommendations without proper procedural steps. The ruling halts those actions pending further litigation, keeps vaccines in the political spotlight, and underscores the balance between rapid policy moves and legal governance in public health.

via The Bulwark|
#acip#hhs#politics
Court blocks Kennedy's bid to scale back childhood vaccine guidance
health25 days ago

Court blocks Kennedy's bid to scale back childhood vaccine guidance

A federal judge temporarily blocked Health Secretary RFK Jr. from reducing the number of vaccines recommended for children and ruled that his overhaul of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices likely violated federal procedures, halting his January plan to end broad vaccine recommendations for diseases including flu, rotavirus, hepatitis A/B, meningitis and RSV. The move follows lawsuits from medical groups upset by the changes and puts ACIP appointments on hold and its upcoming meeting in jeopardy as the parties litigate.

via PBS|
#acip#childhood-immunization#court-decision
Judge halts Kennedy-backed vaccine policy overhaul, blocks new childhood schedule
politics25 days ago

Judge halts Kennedy-backed vaccine policy overhaul, blocks new childhood schedule

A federal judge blocked parts of RFK Jr.'s push to overhaul the childhood vaccine schedule, halting a memo that would reduce the number of recommended vaccines from 17 to 11 and pausing 13 newly appointed ACIP members and their votes. The judge ruled the changes bypassed the committee's evidence-based process and violated federal law, delaying the policy shift while the case proceeds. Medical groups and the American Academy of Pediatrics praised the decision, while HHS signaled it will seek to overturn the ruling.

via CBS News|
#acip#federal-judge#hhs
politics25 days ago

Judge halts RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy push, freezes ACIP changes

A federal judge stayed Health Secretary RFK Jr.'s appointments to the vaccine advisory panel (ACIP), effectively blocking its upcoming meeting and the January downgrade of certain vaccines to 'shared clinical decision-making,' as litigation over his vaccine-policy changes proceeds; the ruling emphasizes the traditional, evidence-based process for vaccine recommendations and could be appealed.

via Politico|
#acip#court-ruling#health-policy
Court voids RFK Jr.’s vaccine-advisory shake-up and halts ACIP actions
health25 days ago

Court voids RFK Jr.’s vaccine-advisory shake-up and halts ACIP actions

A federal judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s replacement of the vaccine advisory panel likely violated federal law, staying all ACIP votes and invalidating 13 new appointees, effectively blocking the panel from meeting. The January changes to the U.S. immunization schedule were also blocked as arbitrary and capricious. The ruling, a win for the AAP, could be appealed, and the decision resets vaccine policy to established processes under HHS guidance while delaying any sweeping shifts in recommendations.

via The Guardian|
#acip#faca#health
Court halts Kennedy’s bid to remake US vaccine policy
politics26 days ago

Court halts Kennedy’s bid to remake US vaccine policy

A federal judge blocked key parts of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to reshape US vaccine policy, ruling the changes lacked proper legal process and halting Kennedy’s overhaul of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, leaving the current vaccine schedule in place and delaying the planned reshuffle.

via CNN|
#acip#cdc#judge