#advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices

#advisory-committee-on-immunization-practices

"He said that the childhood vaccine schedule would be changing starting in September and I needed to be on board with it," Monarez told the Senate's health committee during testimony about the events leading up to her firing in August. "He did say that he had spoken to the president, he spoke to the president every day about changing the childhood vaccine schedule," she added.

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to questions seeking details to a newly posted agenda. But some public health experts are worried that the votes will at a minimum raise unwarranted new questions about vaccines in the minds of parents. Perhaps even more consequential would be a vote that restricts a government program from paying for vaccines for low-income families.

Several of the new ACIP members have expressed public support for vaccines, but a number of them have also expressed scepticism. This could lead to serious public health implications.