The Food and Drug Administration has removed members of the panel that advises the agency on vaccines—for the the first time since President Donald Trump’s term started in January.
The FDA has informed multiple members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) that their special government employee terms have expired, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, the FDA’s parent agency, told The Epoch Times via email on Sept. 2.
That means the individuals “can no longer participate in Advisory Committee work,” the spokesperson said.
The only person who was listed as a member on the FDA website in August, but now is no longer listed as a member, is Dr. Paul Offit, who works at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia….