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data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000g3b6mg548hfzf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            A notice was sent Monday afternoon saying that the office of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is postponing the July meeting, according to a person familiar with the details who declined to be named because they weren\u2019t authorized to discuss the meeting publicly.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000h3b6m9waue27i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cMoving forward, HHS looks forward to engaging with the task force to promote the health and well-being of the American people,\u201d the notice continued.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000i3b6mwm5o0pdl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            But the cancellation also arrives as Kennedy pushes to reshape the health agencies and expunge them of what he has called longtime health-care industry influence on policies. Kennedy last month dismissed a 17-member US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee and two days later named eight new picks to guide the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Several of the new members have questioned vaccine safety; two have testified in court against vaccine manufacturers.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000j3b6m9w1ocg73@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThere is extraordinary concern,\u201d among those connected to the task force, \u201cthat it\u2019s about to be dismissed, like ACIP was,\u201d the person familiar with the meeting said.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcwaoine000r3b6m6wbya6jx@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\/cmce29c5s001e28p42vb9hi0k@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"AP25176663958745.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=\"0.666875\" data-original-height=\"1067\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/ap25176663958745.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\">Dr. Cody Meissner, a pediatrician, and Dr. Vicky Pebsworth, volunteer director of research and patient safety at a group that emphasizes risks around vaccines while downplaying their benefit, spoke at this weeks&#8217; meeting of CDC&#8217;s vaccine 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\">Unusual pushback, \u2018dangerous precedent\u2019: What the first meeting of Kennedy\u2019s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000k3b6mrfsks051@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kennedy\u2019s control over the task force was recently solidified by the US Supreme Court. Last month, in a case challenging a popular provision of the Affordable Care Act, the justices upheld the constitutionality of the task force that recommends preventive health care services that insurers must cover at no-cost. Both the Biden and Trump administrations argued that the task force was properly set up \u2014 and therefore, its recommendations should be upheld \u2014 because the Health and Human Services secretary was able to name and fire its members.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000l3b6mt5wj70ln@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The 16-member task force was set up in 1984 and provides recommendations about preventive services, such as screenings for cancer and various disorders and counseling, that help make Americans aware of illnesses and conditions earlier, when they can be easier and less expensive to treat. The Affordable Care Act mandates that those services are provided without charge to patients.    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/related-content\/instances\/cmcwaoxkn000t3b6mj5ixp6oh@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\/cmcdnqhi0009027oy3l3e1tpz@published\" class=\"image-elevate image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"c-AP25167599662074.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-ap25167599662074.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 Supreme Court is seen on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Washington, DC.<\/span>  <\/div><figcaption class=\"image__credit\">Mariam Zuhaib\/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\">Challenge to panel that recommends no-cost preventive health care is rejected by Supreme Court<\/span>      <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000m3b6mx3sx3alw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            While consumer advocates cheered the Supreme Court ruling, they cautioned that it gives Kennedy more power over preventive care recommendations.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000n3b6mo2jmo6dk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe big takeaway here is that the Task Force\u2019s recommendations are binding, just as the ACA\u2019s drafters intended,\u201d Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan, posted on X last month. \u201cBUT the scheme is constitutional only because Sec Kennedy can exercise near-complete control over Task Force recommendations. A mixed bag!\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmcwao7e8000o3b6m7034e0g2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Thursday\u2019s meeting agenda was to include a discussion of recommendations around \u201chealthy diet, physical activity, and\/or weight loss to prevent cardiovascular disease in adults,\u201d focused on \u201cbehavioral counseling interventions,\u201d the person familiar with the meeting said. The panel<strong> <\/strong>typically meets in person three times a year, and Thursday\u2019s meeting was to be in person. In addition, they typically meet virtually every week.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"footnote-elevate vossi-footnote inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/footnote\/instances\/cmcwardp700123b6ms9p957l8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">  This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal agencies Wellness See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! Follow The US Department of Health and Human Services called off an upcoming meeting of expert advisers on preventive health care, raising questions about the future of the longtime, nonpolitical advisory group. 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