Forbes January 24, 2026
The new chair of the federal vaccine advisory committee made some unexpected and controversial comments during an interview on the podcast “Why Should I Trust You?”
Dr. Kirk Milhoan’s said that personal freedom should be the “north star” for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices panel he now leads and should take precedence over other societal considerations. This is a striking shift and reversal of the prior focus from this Centers for Disease Control committee, which focused on public health.
Last year, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was appointed secretary of Health and Human Services, he fired the previous ACIP committee and hand-picked new members, many of whom have expressed skepticism about vaccines, including Milhoan. He has not responded to...
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