Preventive health advisory panel meeting postponed for third time

The 16-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which usually holds three annual meetings, last met in March of 2025. Its November 2025 meeting did not take place due to a government shutdown. The ...
The Hill

Meeting with House panel, OPM officials cut short after clash between top lawmakers

A closed-door meeting between members of a House subcommittee and officials from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was cut short on Tuesday after the top two lawmakers on the panel clashed over ...
Ars Technica

All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

A federal vaccine panel entirely hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gathered for its first meeting Wednesday—and immediately announced that it would ...
C&EN

CDC panel debates hepatitis B vaccine for newborns at a contentious meeting

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has delayed a vote on changes to recommendations on giving a hepatitis B vaccine to newborns ...
STAT

Upcoming meeting of federal vaccine panel postponed after HHS missed deadlines

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Editor’s note: This story has been updated. WASHINGTON — A planned ...
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Vaccine panel that limited covid shot scrutinized after chaotic meetings

The chair of a new panel of federal immunization advisers selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday that the group’s “enormous depth and knowledge about ...