HHS Rescinds Vaccine Panel Charter for 2 Years After Comment-Period Error
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 18
HHS Rescinds Vaccine Panel Charter for 2 Years After Comment-Period Error
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 18
Monday's notice revoked the revised charter for a key U.S. vaccine advisory panel and restored the group's original framework for the next two years.
HHS said the April 6 charter change was flawed because HHS and the CDC failed to allow enough time for public comment before issuing it.
The withdrawn rewrite had changed the panel's rules in a way that would have let Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. remake the committee.
The reversal leaves the advisory panel operating under its prior structure for now, underscoring how procedural errors can derail politically sensitive health-policy changes.
Could an administrative error be the only thing preventing a permanent overhaul of U.S. public health science?
With the childhood vaccine schedule in limbo, how can parents navigate conflicting advice from federal health agencies?
After a court blocked his first attempt, what is next for the secretary's plan to reshape vaccine policy?