Kennedy removes all ACIP members, eyes replacements

University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 In a stunning move, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced plans to reconstitute the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), firing 17 current members and replacing them with people under current consideration. The move comes just ahead of ACIP’s next regularly scheduled meeting from June 25 to June 27, during which the group is slated to take up

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