Overview

• The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices met June 25–26 in Atlanta to review changes to COVID-19 recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women alongside RSV and flu vaccine guidance
• The American Academy of Pediatrics withdrew from ACIP hearings, calling the process politicized and announcing it will publish its own childhood vaccine schedule
• Sen. Bill Cassidy criticized the panel’s reduced size, appointees’ limited microbiology and immunology experience and the absence of a confirmed CDC director
• ACIP chair Martin Kulldorff formed new work groups charged with evaluating the cumulative childhood vaccine schedule and reevaluating vaccines on the market for seven or more years
• CDC director nominee Susan Monarez testified before the Senate HELP Committee on June 25, delaying final approval of ACIP’s recommendations