CDC Vaccine Advisers Schedule September Meeting Amid Disarray

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, currently awash in controversy as its leader fights her firing, scheduled a meeting of its key vaccine panel for September as experts plan a review of the shots that are currently the bedrock of the nation’s immunization schedules.

The Advisory Committee of Immunization Practices — or ACIP — will discuss the measles, mumps, rubella and varicella shot, plus vaccines to prevent respiratory syncytial virus and Covid. Votes may be conducted on Covid vaccines, MMRV, hepatitis B vaccines and RSV. The panel helps decide which immunizations are covered by insurance or offered for free under the Vaccines for Children Program.