"Nearly a year ago, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged during his confirmation hearing to support the CDC's childhood-vaccine schedule. Yesterday, he broke that promise. The Department of Health and Human Services has announced that the CDC will drop several vaccines from its recommendation list. With that move, Kennedy has shown that he can change the vaccine schedule by fiat."
"The acting CDC director, Jim O'Neill, who signed off on the plan, took over the position when the previous director was fired after defying Kennedy. The new recommendations were written by two Kennedy allies at HHS; the agency's vaccine advisory board, which Kennedy remade in his own image last year, appears to have been cut out of the process entirely."
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to support the CDC childhood-vaccine schedule but directed removal of several vaccines from CDC recommendations. The acting CDC director, Jim O'Neill, signed the plan after taking the role when the previous director was fired for defying Kennedy. Two Kennedy allies at HHS wrote the new recommendations, and the agency's vaccine advisory board appears to have been excluded from the process. Vaccines no longer universally recommended for children include hepatitis A, rotavirus, and influenza. The change followed a request by President Donald Trump to align U.S. policy with other developed countries, while polio and measles remain on the schedule.
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