Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers began their first meeting under intense scrutiny from medical experts worried about Americans’ access to lifesaving shots.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's revamped vaccine advisory panel began its closely watched two-day meeting on Wednesday, its first since Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of its members and installed a new panel,

(Reuters) -A key panel of vaccine advisers named by U.S. Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. earlier this week is now down to seven members from the earlier announced strength of eight after one of the members opted out ahead of the committee's first meeting, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.