Anti-Vaccine Activists Are Among New CDC Vaccine Advisers

Jun 12
Jun 12, 2025

Medical professionals with track records of spreading vaccine misinformation are among HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s eight new appointments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

The new appointments came June 11, just two days after Kennedy announced he was retiring all 17 members of the panel that helps determine which vaccines are covered and reimbursed in the U.S.

Kennedy said the new members will attend ACIP’s late June meeting in the announcement made via the social media platform X.
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Sarah is a senior writer with Pink Sheet and specializes in the policy and politics that affect the pharmaceutical industry. She covers the US Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service and Congress and other parts of federal and state government. Her work explores how government policies influence how drugs are developed and approved, what diseases are prioritized by scientists, and who gets access to medicines and at what cost.