Kennedy delays first vaccine expert meeting under his watch

Less than a week into the tenure of Robert F Kennedy Jr as Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, there are yet more signals that US immunisation programmes are going to be shaken up.

The latest development is the decision to postpone the next meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunisation Practices (ACIP) – due to be held from 26th to 28th February – in order to “accommodate public comment in advance of the meeting,” according to an HHS spokesperson.

The postponement was first reported by Stat News, while a Politico report has suggested that Kennedy is planning to remove…