Healthcare DIVE March 21, 2025
A panel of CDC advisers, who had originally been set to meet in February, will discuss the current measles outbreak as well as guidelines for several types of shots.
A postponed meeting of vaccine advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now scheduled to take place in April, a spokesperson for the HHS confirmed.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, had originally been scheduled to meet Feb. 26 to Feb. 28, but was unexpectedly delayed soon after Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of U.S. vaccination policies, took office as health secretary. At that time, an HHS spokesperson said the rescheduling was to allow extra time for public comment.
ACIP, which includes outside vaccine...