{"id":3316,"date":"2025-06-25T15:17:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/pressure-builds-on-kennedys-vaccine-panel-ahead-of-first-meeting\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T15:17:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:17:41","slug":"pressure-builds-on-kennedys-vaccine-panel-ahead-of-first-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/25\/pressure-builds-on-kennedys-vaccine-panel-ahead-of-first-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure builds on Kennedy\u2019s vaccine panel ahead of first meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/action-bar\/instances\/cmcaezkc6002m27p03fu32wru@published\" data-label-id-prefix=\"action-bar-start-of-article\" class=\"action-bar\" data-dynamic-breakpoint-placement=\"{&quot;extraLarge&quot;:{&quot;placement&quot;:&quot;.layout-article-elevate__left&quot;}}\" 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meeting of newly appointed vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lawmakers are  sharing fresh concerns about the panel\u2019s membership and last-minute actions that could see Covid-19 and influenza vaccines thrown into question.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz00063b6mpkjem49u@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Her letter came hours after Sen. Bill Cassidy, the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, called for officials to postpone the vaccine meeting amid concerns it could further erode Americans\u2019 confidence in vaccine safety.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcahi15200003b6m12f6ysi6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy appeared Tuesday morning before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee to testify on the administration\u2019s proposed 2026 budget. The hearing began with committee Democrats also questioning his ACIP actions.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcamr4c3000c3b6mpfwz1eup@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The dismissal of the ACIP members makes clear that Kennedy does not intend to uphold a commitment he made to senators during the confirmation process that he would not take away Americans\u2019 access to vaccines, said Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcamrmwb000e3b6mvyl0w8uj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Pallone, the highest-ranking Democrat on the committee, called for Kennedy to appear before the panel again \u201cvery soon\u201d for an oversight hearing on the \u201cunprecedented and troubling chaos\u201d created around the vaccine panel and vaccine access.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcamqjgp000a3b6mt3v0c5q6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy defended firing the 17 vaccine committee members, saying they had conflicts of interest with the pharmaceutical industry. \u201cThat committee has been the template for medical malpractice,\u201d he said. Conflicts for previous committee members are disclosed on the CDC\u2019s website.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcaf98h9000p3b6mucc6ohoz@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmc9ra6fk003725nt44xcehtu@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2203992660.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2203992660.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, speaks during a news conference following the Senate Republican policy luncheon at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The House is scheduled to vote on a six-month spending bill that would make sure the whole government doesn&#8217;t shut down, interrupting the fast start of President Donald Trump&#8217;s second watch. Photographer: Al Drago\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Al Drago\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">CDC vaccine advisory meeting should be postponed amid bias concerns, senator says<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz00073b6m7s8n20r6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The committee traditionally advises the CDC on recommendations for who should get vaccines and when. The CDC\u2019s directives shape doctors\u2019 recommendations and insurers\u2019 coverage of vaccinations.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz00083b6m0mg4cylf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            When removing the recent members, Kennedy stated that the committee has been \u201cplagued with persistent conflicts of interest\u201d and failed to scrutinize safety concerns.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz00093b6mwzhqjeys@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But the eight replacements, Warren wrote in her letter, are rife with conflicts of interest themselves \u2014 and new ACIP members\u2019 conflict of interest disclosures have not been posted on the CDC\u2019s site.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000a3b6mdw4nqo9x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Warren\u2019s letter mentioned new vaccine adviser Dr. Robert Malone, who has advocated against mRNA vaccines and Covid-19 measures. Warren stated in her letter that his Substack, promulgating those theories, \u201cat one point was raking in around $31,200 in monthly revenue,\u201d raising conflict of interest concerns.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000b3b6mqam3ef1d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Warren also highlighted new ACIP appointee Dr. Martin Kulldorff, a longtime friend of US National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya\u2019s \u2014 and his co-author on the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued for relaxed lockdown measures for young people.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcafafla000t3b6m30ophpt1@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header 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&quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC on its vaccine decisions.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Tami Chappell\/Reuters\/FILE<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">RFK Jr.\u2019s new vaccine advisers include ER doctor who posted Islamophobic commentary online, expert witnesses against vaccines<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000c3b6ml6u2l4ou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            She noted that both Malone and Kulldorff have served as paid witnesses against vaccine manufacturers in recent years, raising concerns about their own conflicts of interest.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000d3b6m2sjn1546@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The senator further flagged Dr. Vicky Pebsworth, an appointee on the board of the vaccine-critical National Vaccine Information Center, and Dr. James Pagano, someone \u201cwho does not appear to have any training in infectious disease or vaccinology.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000f3b6me3qk79ij@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The senator wrote that Kennedy \u201chand-picked\u201d these new members \u201cto further [his] anti-vaccine agenda.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcawaelx00043b6mtznqckyj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Warren has raised questions before about Kennedy\u2019s own conflicts of interest, including financial interest in vaccine litigation, saying they\u2019re \u201cnot fully resolved.\u201d Kennedy has that he\u2019d divest his interest in the case, involving the HPV vaccine Gardasil, to an adult son \u2014 a step Democratic senators said was inadequate.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000g3b6mwemfry03@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In her new letter, Warren requested a response from Kennedy by July 8.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcaf9q44000r3b6m4up239o1@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmc9dgb8200tz28qe3kdi0he6@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP22109760205098.jpg\" 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Children&#8217;s Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Ron Harris\/AP\/FILE<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Former leader of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr. to present at first meeting of new CDC vaccine advisers<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000h3b6m80kquks4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Warren\u2019s letter arrives as consternation rises about the panel\u2019s meeting, scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, which is scheduled to include discussions about Covid-19 vaccines and a resurrected debate about thimerosal in flu shots.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaw680000023b6mdsm1cqem@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The preservative is used in multidose vials of the vaccine to prevent microbial growth but was removed from most shots decades ago because of concerns that it contains a form of mercury. Subsequent studies showed thimerosal wasn\u2019t linked to neurodevelopmental issues, including autism.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000i3b6mldjagqjz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Cassidy, chairman of the Senate\u2019s health committee, also raised alarms on Monday night. The senator called for HHS to delay ACIP\u2019s meeting, writing that some of the new appointees \u201clack experience studying new technologies such as mRNA vaccines, and may even have a preconceived bias against them.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaf0ptz000j3b6mfol7k2su@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The panel\u2019s meeting should be postponed until it is fully staffed, \u201cwith more robust and balanced representation \u2013 as required by law \u2013 including those with more direct relevant expertise,\u201d he wrote.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcann9ce000k3b6m5gj9xg4l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            During the House subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Kim Schrier, a Democrat from Washington, asked Kennedy whether he \u201clied\u201d to Cassidy about his commitments to vaccine safety. Cassidy said during a Senate floor speech on February 4 that among other assurances, Kennedy had committed to \u201cmaintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices\u2019 recommendations without changes.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaquqlf000x3b6mpukc97yz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Cassidy\u2019s prepared remarks, as posted on his website, said that the secretary would \u201cmaintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcaquqlf000y3b6mhr862spe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy said that he did not see that statement by Cassidy but that \u201cI am compliant with all the agreements I gave to Senator Cassidy.\u201d    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines Congressional news Federal agencies Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthyretirementnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}