Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly removed all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).

ACIP advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the vaccine schedule.

“Vaccines have become a divisive issue in American politics, but there is one thing all parties can agree on: The U.S. faces a crisis of public trust. Whether toward health agencies, pharmaceutical companies or vaccines themselves, public confidence is waning,” RFK Jr. wrote in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal.

“Some would try to explain this away by blaming misinformation or antiscience attitudes. To do so, however, ignores a history of conflicts of interest, persecution of dissidents, a lack of curiosity, and skewed science that has plagued the vaccine regulatory apparatus for decades,” he continued.

OUTSTANDING! Thank you @SecKennedy! https://t.co/dX8wcOzN4W pic.twitter.com/i0qMlOOsTO

— Mary Talley Bowden MD (@MdBreathe) June 9, 2025

Per CNBC:

The group reviews vaccine data and makes recommendations that determine who is eligible for shots and whether insurers should cover them, among other efforts.

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ACIP members are independent medical and public experts who make recommendations based on rigorous scientific review and evidence. The CDC director has to sign off on those recommendations for them to become official policy.

It is unclear who Kennedy will appoint to the new group. In a release, HHS said ACIP will still hold a planned meeting from June 25 to 27 to make recommendations.

This is the right way. Boom! https://t.co/DHHiaHThzD pic.twitter.com/B79tXBM2qv

— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) June 9, 2025

A closer look:

BREAKING: HHS Sec. RFK Jr. dismisses entire CDC vaccine advisory committee

"A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science." pic.twitter.com/eAiSRKSsVQ

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) June 9, 2025

A closer look:

CNN reports:

The committee is scheduled to meet on June 25 to discuss vaccinations against Covid-19, RSV, influenza, HPV and meningococcal disease. HHS said the meeting will still take place, giving the agency roughly two weeks to fill its advisory panel.

“Appointing people this fast means they were not properly vetted, and there is no real time to check conflict of interests issues,” Dorit Reiss, a professor of law at UC Law San Francisco, told CNN. “This will not restore trust in vaccines, and is not design to do so.”