Overview

• Kennedy announced the removal of COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children and pregnant women from the CDC’s schedule in a social media video that bypassed standard advisory panels.
• The Make America Healthy Again Commission report contained multiple errors and fabricated studies, leading the White House to correct and reissue the document.
• Kennedy’s directives have overridden traditional CDC and FDA review processes, triggering conflicting federal guidance and uncertainty among health care providers.
• Experts including Michael Osterholm and Richard Besser say the unvetted policy shifts risk undermining long-standing vaccine programs and evidence-based public health practices.
• Despite criticism, the White House has declared “complete confidence” in Secretary Kennedy as President Trump signed an executive order aimed at enforcing “gold standard science.”