It is the panel's first meeting with Kennedy's newly appointed members, many of whom are well-known vaccine critics.

Former members of the ACIP are responding to their recent ousting by Robert F. Kennedy Jr in an editorial published in JAMA.

A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.

Kennedy dismissed the entire committee on June 9, accusing the former members of lacking public trust and being "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest," despite the committee's transparent ...