US Health Secretary Kennedy fires entire vaccine advisory committee, June 11, 2025
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has fired all 17 members of a panel of vaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The move is the most far-reaching in a series of actions by Kennedy to reshape US regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. Kennedy is a known vaccine skeptic. He has accused the committee of having financial ties to pharmaceutical companies, but did not provide any evidence. Deutsche Welle












