The committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines has been paralyzed by a March ruling by a federal judge, leaving it unable to carry out work ahead of the upcoming respiratory virus season, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has warned.
“The court’s order has left ACIP unable to carry out its core responsibilities,” Kennedy said in a June 12 post on X, referring to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). “As a result, the committee cannot issue new recommendations, review newly approved vaccines, or complete important work ahead of the fall flu season.”
Influenza and other viruses typically circulate each year in the fall and winter….