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data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer \u2014 one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established science and practices, and limits on vaccines that have been studied for decades.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw00083b6mimdpvpi4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The first meeting of new vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wrapped up Thursday after days of discussions that rankled mainstream scientists, public health experts and major medical associations. The committee\u2019s votes could bring an end to the use of a robustly studied preservative in flu shots, a shift that may ultimately limit access to vaccines for some people.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw00093b6m3hla6epz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Even before Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, was confirmed to lead the US Department of Health and Human Services, many public health advocates and politicians worried that he would target the advisory committee in an effort to undermine confidence and restrict access to vaccines. When he removed all 17 previous members of the panel about two weeks ago and replaced them with eight of his own picks \u2013 many of whom had stated objections to vaccines \u2013 some considered it a step too far.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000a3b6m3xqd86n4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Questions about the panel dominated hearings with Kennedy and President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to lead the CDC this week. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor and the top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee who cast a key vote for Kennedy\u2019s confirmation, said the advisory meeting should be postponed until the panel had more members with \u201cdirect relevant expertise.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000b3b6mqzfhu562@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The new members were a sharp contrast to their predecessors in terms of expertise and experience, and it made for an erratic, sometimes contentious meeting \u2014 often delayed by technical and procedural snafus \u2014 where CDC experts pushed back on advisers\u2019 or presenters\u2019 theories and interpretations of data.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000c3b6mm16a5a0x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThis meeting was clearly orchestrated to sow distrust in vaccines,\u201d said Dr. Sean O\u2019Leary, a pediatrician at Children\u2019s Hospital of Colorado who has been a liaison member to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the American Academy of Pediatrics, after Thursday\u2019s meeting. \u201cThe process today also set a very dangerous precedent going forward. This committee is making important policy decisions based on pseudoscience, and ultimately, this is going to harm us all.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmceql1s2000d3b6m6zrx8arv@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcdertn3001j2cqffz9keddv@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP25177558720583.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.691\" data-original-height=\"1382\" data-original-width=\"2000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap25177558720583.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Lyn Redwood, a nurse practitioner who once led anti-vaccine organizations, presented on thimerosal in flu vaccines Thursday at a meeting of the CDC&#8217;s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Shelby Lum\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000d3b6mw1iucvhy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy\u2019s influence was felt at the meeting more than once. Last-minute presentations were added to the advisers\u2019 agenda for two topics that have long been fodder for vaccine skeptics: thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative that was largely phased out of vaccines more than two decades ago; and a rare risk of febrile seizures after some kinds of combination measles vaccines.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000e3b6m5rs1unvg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The thimerosal presentation deviated sharply from long-held ACIP standards. It wasn\u2019t presented by a CDC expert or a member of the advisory committee\u2019s work group but rather by Lyn Redwood, a registered nurse who has long worked in partnership with Kennedy through his anti-vaccine group, Children\u2019s Health Defense, and before that as founder of the World Mercury Project. Unlike most ACIP presentations, Redwood\u2019s was not vetted by experts in vaccine science before the vote took place. A version of the presentation posted online this week cited a study that doesn\u2019t exist and was later replaced.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000g3b6m4auvfho2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The committee \u2013 now down to seven members after one of the new appointees resigned \u2013 also announced plans to launch studies of established vaccine guidelines, including the child and adolescent vaccine schedules.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000h3b6mujn9vh53@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cOur central duty is to protect public health, and we understand that we must answer the call for reestablishing confidence in the scientific examination process,\u201d the members said in a statement Thursday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000i3b6mrtvoopc0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cOur votes are recommendations, but we know that some may perceive them as mandates, so we take this responsibility very seriously. We pledge to not hold a vote if there is not sufficient information to enable evaluation of the risks and benefits.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000j3b6my5qxqgvx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            ACIP\u2019s recommendations have played a pivotal role in how vaccines are used in the United States for decades. They guide doctors, insurance coverage, manufacturers\u2019 plans, school requirements and purchasing decisions. In some states, ACIP\u2019s recommendations are so trusted that they\u2019ve been written into law.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000k3b6muw9se1vb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            That may be changing now: Some states are writing it out of laws, and influential medical groups say they\u2019ll take their own steps to ensure vaccine access and clarity about how to use them.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmceqjxlo00093b6mvbtkmfqy@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcb5uyqp002k26p94iibgpoa@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"2025-06-24T154013Z_722923538_RC239FAPKVKN_RTRMADP_3_USA-HEALTH-KENNEDY.JPG\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.633125\" data-original-height=\"1013\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2025-06-24t154013z-722923538-rc239fapkvkn-rtrmadp-3-usa-health-kennedy.JPG?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s budget request for the Department of Health and Human Services, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 24, 2025. REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Evelyn Hockstein\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">Why Kennedy\u2019s overhaul of a key CDC committee could lead to \u2018vaccine chaos\u2019 in the US<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000l3b6mc71dgc1x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cRecent changes to federal immunization review processes raised concerns across the medical and public health community. In this moment of uncertainty, physicians must align around clear, evidence-based guidance for patients,\u201d dozens of major medical associations \u2013 including the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Family Physicians \u2013 wrote in an open letter about the meeting.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000m3b6mk0tmn0gb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe commit to working together to promote public understanding and confidence in the use of vaccines to avoid another severe respiratory virus season and resurgence of vaccine-preventable illnesses and deaths. We call on our partners \u2013 from insurers to hospitals to public health agencies \u2013 to ensure vaccines remain available to patients without cost sharing.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000n3b6mdeh62giv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The American Academy of Pediatrics announced this week that it would no longer participate in ACIP meetings because of the changes to committee membership and what\u2019s being discussed. It will continue to publish its own schedule of recommended vaccinations, which harmonized with the CDC\u2019s for decades until Kennedy\u2019s tenure.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000o3b6mz06z9ii6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAs an organization, we remain committed to the health of children, and as a result, we will continue to publish an evidence-based, science-based schedule that is designed to protect as many children and adolescents as possible in as safe a way as possible,\u201d O\u2019Leary said of the group.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000p3b6mc1m1wvlv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The American public, he said, should no longer trust the CDC panel\u2019s decisions.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000q3b6mqigji97e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cOver the last few days, we\u2019ve heard a troubling amount of misinformation about vaccine policy specifically aimed at sowing distrust,\u201d O\u2019Leary said, calling the committee and its discussions \u201can embarrassment.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000r3b6mtg9s349w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Although the US immunization system is a \u201cmodel for the rest of the world,\u201d he said, that may not be the case for long. \u201cSadly, at this point, a lot of the world is looking at us, at what\u2019s happening here in the US with ACIP, in horror.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqa5hw000s3b6mw9ml3zmu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Here are more takeaways from the first meeting of Kennedy\u2019s vaccine panel.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmceqahs7000v3b6m0afqxo0l@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"key-decisions-on-rsv-immunizations-and-flu-vaccines\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Key decisions on RSV immunizations and flu vaccines<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceo9tue00003b6mk2pjufq8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The advisers made a number of new recommendations this week.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqayol00103b6mzn5eiwf0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            On Thursday, they reaffirmed a previous ACIP recommendation that everyone 6 months and older receive an annual flu vaccine, then voted to endorse flu vaccines that are free of thimerosal, although there\u2019s no evidence of harm from the preservative and it was used in only about 4% of flu vaccines given in the US last year.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqayol00113b6m3bz9dv38@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Members also voted to recommend the use of a new shot that can protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of hospitalization in infants. Clesrovimab, which will be sold under the brand name Enflonsia, is an antibody made by Merck that joins two other interventions on the market to protect babies against severe disease from RSV.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcer9u3q00033b6mhy3x26p6@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmbvazkm7000i26nm3lmj5a3s@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"cdc headquarters file\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6664\" data-original-height=\"1666\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/230117134834-cdc-headquarters-file.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices advises the CDC on its vaccine decisions.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Tami Chappell\/Reuters\/FILE<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">RFK Jr.\u2019s new vaccine advisers include ER doctor who posted Islamophobic commentary online, expert witnesses against vaccines<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqayol00123b6mnqdcpi8c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Although some members of the group disagreed on whether the antibody should be recommended for babies, the advisers voted unanimously that the Merck shot should be included in the Vaccines for Children Program, which provides free vaccines to children whose families may not be able to afford them.  There was initially some consternation about the Vaccines for Children vote, typically a routine step after the recommendation of a new vaccine. It went on without incident after explanations for the new panel about the role of the program in ensuring access.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqayol00133b6mm2u2yc9h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But these decisions aren\u2019t finalized: ACIP\u2019s recommendations now go to the CDC director to be finalized. However, as CDC nominee Dr. Susan Monarez is still awaiting Senate confirmation, the recommendations may go to Kennedy.    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmceqb52c00153b6mt99wett7@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"last-minute-agenda-elevated-issues-at-center-of-anti-vaccine-arguments\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Last-minute agenda elevated issues at center of anti-vaccine arguments<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqanll000y3b6mle50gnsz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Although some parts of the ACIP agenda were planned long ago, last-minute changes put fresh attention on matters that anti-vaccine groups have focused on for decades.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001a3b6mh8rxfi75@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Thimerosal, a preservative that anti-vaccine groups have falsely blamed for neurodevelopmental issues such as autism, became a major point of this week\u2019s meeting. It was removed from most shots decades ago because of concerns that it contains a form of mercury. Subsequent studies showed that thimerosal wasn\u2019t linked to neurodevelopmental issues, including autism. Nonetheless, it became a focus for groups including Children\u2019s Health Defense.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001b3b6mwskq28o6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            After the advisers voted to recommend only single-dose flu vaccines, which do not contain thimerosal, doctors and public health officials were swift to respond.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001c3b6m4ctwdm26@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cRe-examining the childhood vaccine schedule and the use of thimerosal are both politically motivated actions that are not based on science,\u201d Dr. Tina Tan, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said in a statement. \u201cRaising questions without adequate data casts doubt on vaccination, which can further drive down confidence in vaccines. More than any other medications, vaccines are extensively and constantly reviewed and evaluated. Vaccination saves lives.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001d3b6mmaazyuoj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            O\u2019Leary also denounced the presentation on thimerosal.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001e3b6mlyw2rfrg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThis selective use of data and omission of established science undermines public trust and fuels misinformation,\u201d he said in a statement on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmceqlegb000f3b6m717oe766@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcc7gvyn003l27qbcp090lp8@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-AP25176560903534.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1350\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-ap25176560903534.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A new group of seven outside CDC vaccine advisers met for the first time on Wednesday after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the previous 17 advisers.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Mike Stewart\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">RFK Jr.\u2019s new CDC advisers to study childhood vaccination schedule, guidelines for hepatitis B, measles shots<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001f3b6msk1lqn2j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The advisory panel also gave a glimpse of what could be on the agenda next. Dr. Martin Kulldorff, the new ACIP chair, announced plans to create three work groups that will study well-establishes vaccines and guidelines: the cumulative effects of vaccines on the childhood and adolescent schedules; vaccines that have not been reviewed in more than seven years, including whether the hepatitis B vaccine should be universally recommended for newborns; and vaccines for measles, mumps, rubella and varicella, or chickenpox.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001g3b6m2a4fgnoq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kulldorff said the committee may reevaluate the combination MMRV vaccine for 1-year-olds, investigating a higher risk of febrile seizures when the four-vaccine combination is given to children between ages 1 and 2 \u2013 a risk that the CDC notes is \u201cvery low for both options.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001h3b6mtx9e1x11@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Paul Offit, a former ACIP member and current member of the US Food and Drug Administration\u2019s vaccine advisory committee, said the plans from the new committee are \u201cjust a purely anti-vaccine agenda springing to life in public policy.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001i3b6m6qbnjywx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Dr. Angie Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Vaccine, expressed concern on her blog about the new focus on the MMRV vaccine.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbis5001j3b6m0r74ak2h@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cIf the public accepts having the MMRV withheld for invented or exaggerated safety concerns, then it\u2019s not much more of a stretch to do the same thing for the MMR,\u201d she wrote Thursday. \u201cWith no vaccines against these deadly viruses available for parents to protect their kids, child mortality will soar.\u201d    <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subheader inline-placeholder subheader-elevate vossi-subheader vossi-subheader--size-h2\" data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/subheader\/instances\/cmceqc8kh001l3b6mujj2bqnb@published\" data-component-name=\"subheader\" id=\"polite-and-professional-but-with-unusual-pushback\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">        Polite and professional, but with unusual pushback<\/h2>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqbhlk00183b6mb8sw1dne@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The CDC scientists who normally generate and interpret data to inform the vaccine advisers\u2019 votes were in an unusual position at this ACIP meeting: answering questions and countering statements that cast doubt on the safety and efficacy of approved vaccines.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001q3b6my3li8btu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In Wednesday\u2019s session, the agency experts answered polite but atypical queries about Covid-19 illnesses and vaccines, many focused on whether data could have been biased or misinterpreted, and whether patients counted as going to the hospital for Covid-19, might actually have had mild infections, but really been hospitalized for something else.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmceqlx2c000h3b6mglghz14o@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmcbapfay003m26qehxlggovm@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2217713933.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.640625\" data-original-height=\"1025\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2217713933.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">In this photo illustration, Ruth Jones, Immunization Nurse, holds a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami, Florida on May 29, 2025.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Joe Raedle\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">CDC scientists push back on vaccine presentations casting doubt on immunization safety<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001r3b6mzbgrwtxt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            At the meeting, Redwood\u2019s thimerosal presentation faced broad pushback from ACIP liaison members \u2014 experts from certain health and medical groups who do not vote but often advise and weigh in on discussions.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001s3b6mxk67y7nz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI am wondering if we will have an actual scientific presentation with peer-reviewed literature, strong evidence to actually discuss this issue, as many statements have been made here today without support of science or evidence, but merely opinion,\u201d Dr. Jason Goldman of the American College of Physicians said during the meeting. \u201cWill there be an actual CDC presentation done by staff, scientists, physicians and those who are subject matter experts with accurate, peer-reviewed scientific data for the ability for the committee to review?\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001t3b6mcftfw85t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Earlier in the week, CDC experts had posted their own evidence reviews, labeled as background briefing material, on both thimerosal and the MMRV seizure risk online. \u201cConsidering the breadth of evidence and consistency in results from multiple population-based studies conducted in several countries with various study designs, the evidence does not support an association between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism spectrum disorder or other neurodevelopmental disorders,\u201d that document said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001u3b6md9zenq96@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But the CDC\u2019s thimerosal document was removed Wednesday, before the vote, because it had not gone through the \u201cappropriate process to be posted,\u201d a US Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said. When a liaison member of the committee asked if it could be reposted, committee member Dr. Robert Malone responded \u201cthat article was not authorized by the office of the secretary and has been removed consequent. I\u2019m sure that the office of the secretary will make note of your comment and direct the CDC as necessary.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmceqi4ta00073b6mub7vy93g@published\" class=\"image_large-elevate image_large__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-name=\"GettyImages-2221369974.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.666875\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2221369974.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<div class=\"image_large__container \" data-image-variation=\"image_large\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image_large--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image_large--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image_large--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image_large__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image_large__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">Dr. Robert Malone, left, and Dr. Joseph Hibbeln were among new vaccine advisers selected by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for the CDC&#8217;s vaccine advisory committee.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image_large__credit\">Elijah Nouvelage\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001v3b6mekbri4t2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The vote on the new RSV immunization was also closely watched as a first signal of how the new committee would proceed. To many, the group\u2019s discussion on the newly approved antibody against severe RSV infections should have been brief and uncomplicated: In clinical trials, the new therapy looked safe and very effective, cutting the risk of hospitalization for RSV in babies by almost 85% compared with a placebo.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001w3b6mrwpfffxb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The conversation took an unexpected turn.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001x3b6mbpx27u2q@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Committee member Dr. Retsef Levi, a professor of operations management at MIT, asked about serious adverse events, including deaths, that seemed to be imbalanced in the trials and whether babies who were immunized seemed to stay longer in the hospital after birth, which he said could suggest \u201cimmune-enhanced disease.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001y3b6msbvwiabk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cI would like to hear maybe from our colleagues at the CDC, should we not be concerned that maybe there are some \u2026 potential safety signals?\u201d asked Levi, who eventually voted against recommending the antibody.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx2001z3b6mywp89hoq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Representatives from Merck, the drugmaker, and the FDA detailed how the studies were conducted and analyzed to search for potential safety issues.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200203b6m33vlda3g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Committee member Dr. Cody Meissner, a professor of pediatrics at Dartmouth University who serves on ACIP\u2019s 60-member work group for RSV, reassured Levi that the group had closely scrutinized all the events and felt comfortable with the results of the trials. He added that some of the studies included premature infants, \u201ca very fragile group.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200213b6mp01cdkir@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cAs a pediatrician, I mean, people need to understand what a spectacular accomplishment these results are,\u201d Meissner said at Wednesday\u2019s meeting. They \u201cwill have an enormous influence on public health.\u201d    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmceqmi0l000j3b6mapm2a43v@published\" data-component-name=\"related-content\" class=\"related-content-elevate related-content--article\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<header class=\"related-content__title related-content__title-text\" data-editable=\"content.title\">Related article<\/header>\n<section class=\"related-content__body\">\n<div class=\"related-content__image image__related-content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cmc9pistr000i26qgf9af6uvq@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-GettyImages-1229717412.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--eq-large&quot;: 660}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"2400\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/c-gettyimages-1229717412.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{&quot;image--eq-extra-small&quot;: 115, &quot;image--eq-small&quot;: 300, &quot;image--show-credits&quot;: 525}\">           <\/div>\n<div class=\"image__metadata-container media__metadata-container\">\n<div class=\"image__metadata media__metadata\">\n<div class=\"image__caption attribution\">    <span data-editable=\"metaCaption\" class=\"inline-placeholder\">A healthcare worker prepares flu shots during a drive-thru clinic at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds in Shreveport, Louisiana, in November 2020.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Dylan Hollingsworth\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"related-content__headline\">        <span class=\"related-content__headline-text\" data-editable=\"content.headline\">What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.\u2019s new CDC vaccine advisers<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200223b6mwsazoipb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Havers, the former CDC vaccine policy adviser, told Blitzer that some of the questions and comments from the new members demonstrated a lack of understanding of the topics they were discussing.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200233b6mm4f7ud24@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThere were a number of questions from this committee that really revealed a lack of basic understanding of methodology,\u201d she said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200243b6m2h9rbu2c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In its statement after the meeting, the newly appointed committee said it \u201cstrongly supports the use of vaccines\u201d where there\u2019s \u201crigorous evaluation and expansive credible scientific data, for both safety and efficacy.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmceqcrx200253b6m3dioz2ip@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cWe came to this meeting with no pre-determined ideas and will make judgements as if we are treating our own families,\u201d the members said. \u201cUnbiased scientific thinking is fundamental to the committee\u2019s charge.\u201d    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines Federal agencies Children&#8217;s health Respiratory viruses See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! 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