New members of the panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines should not meet this week, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) said on June 23.
“The meeting should be delayed until the panel is fully staffed with more robust and balanced representation—as required by law—including those with more direct relevant expertise,” Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, wrote on social media platform X.
The Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the CDC on vaccines, is scheduled to convene on June 25 and June 26 at the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta….