Drama Days after the ruling, Robert Malone—a former researcher turned outspoken anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who served as Kennedy’s […]
Category: ACIP
RFK Jr. rewrites CDC panel’s charter, opening door to anti-vaccine quacks
As expected, anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has significantly rewritten the charter for a federal vaccine advisory panel. […]
After court loss, RFK Jr. gives himself more power over CDC vaccine panel
The membership criteria are also dramatically different between the current charter and today’s renewal. Currently, ACIP members “shall be selected […]
“The last straw”—RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat
Drama HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon then released a statement to media pointing to Malone’s retraction and adding “Unless officially announced […]
RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept’s expert panels
Among the terminated advisory committees was the NIH Center for Scientific Review Advisory Council, which was established in 1988. The […]
Doctors face-palm as RFK Jr.’s top vaccine advisor questions need for polio shot
He then pondered out loud what would happen if people stopped getting vaccinated. “If we take away all of the […]
Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses hep B vaccine recommendation
Retsef Levi, an operations management expert and ACIP member who expressed strong anti-vaccine views, said, “I think that the intention […]
Meet CDC’s new lead vaccine advisor who thinks shots cause heart disease
Milhoan has a history of touting unproven COVID cures while disparaging vaccines. Kirk Milhoan, James Pagano, and Robert Malone are […]
Childhood vaccines safe for a little longer as CDC cancels advisory meeting
An October meeting of a key federal vaccine advisory committee has been canceled without explanation, sparing the evidence-based childhood vaccination […]
RFK Jr. adds more anti-vaccine members to CDC vaccine advisory panel
Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who is a senior fellow at the Independent Medical Alliance (formerly Front Line COVID-19 Critical […]