After removing all 17 CDC vaccine advisory panel members, replacing them with controversial new 8 members many of whom were lacking vaccine expertise leading to concerns over public trust, science-based policy,

The health and human services secretary and noted vaccine skeptic named a new panel to provide the guidance often used by states in setting school immunization requirements.

A series of recent changes could have significant implications for how Americans receive and pay for their shots.

The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.