Overview

• HHS notified physician and public health groups that they will no longer join ACIP working groups that review data and develop vaccine recommendations
• Seventeen ousted ACIP members published a New England Journal of Medicine commentary warning of a rapid erosion of scientific rigor and urging independent vaccine policy pathways
• The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics filed an Administrative Procedure Act lawsuit to overturn Kennedy’s overhaul of the advisory committee
• Senate Democrats led by Sen. Bernie Sanders launched a formal investigation into the firing of ACIP members and broader changes to CDC vaccine guidance
• States including Colorado and Maine passed laws directing health departments to consider recommendations from professional medical societies alongside or instead of ACIP