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RFK Jr. Lays Groundwork to Rebuild Weakened Vaccine Committee

A meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta in 2025.Photographer: Ben Hendren/Bloomberg

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By Jessica Nix

April 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC

The US Department of Health and Human Services adopted new rules that allow Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to handpick members of an influential vaccine advisory panel after a court struck down his efforts to do so previously.

The change could serve as a workaround for a recent court ruling that dealt a blow to Kennedy’s vaccine agenda.