In an announcement on X, Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic, said reconstituting the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (Acip) was a "major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines". Kennedy said the new members "have each committed to demanding definitive safety and efficacy data before making any new vaccine recommendations.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. selected eight new members for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee on Wednesday after he dismissed all 17 of the committee’s previous members.