CDC Cuts Experts Out of Panels That Develop Vaccine Policy

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told physician groups, public health professionals and infectious disease experts that they will no longer be invited to help review vaccine data and develop recommendations, according to an email viewed by Bloomberg.

The move marks an escalation in Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to assert control over the CDC’s vaccine advisory process. Under the change, external experts will be excluded from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ working groups — subcommittees that review data and develop policy recommendations — but they will still be able to participate in open public meetings.