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# RFK Jr. Fires 17 CDC Vaccine Committee Members
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/rfk-jr-fires-17-cdc-vaccine-committee-members/
- Published: 2025-06-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T15:13:49.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5159325

HHS says it is “totally reconstituting” the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), an advisory committee that makes recommendations on the clinical need of vaccines. The current 17 sitting ACIP members are being replaced with new members currently under consideration, HHS secretary **Robert F. Kennedy Jr.** says. 

“Today we are prioritizing the restoration of public trust above any specific pro- or anti-vaccine agenda,” [Kennedy says](https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-restore-public-trust-vaccines-acip.html?ref=fdaweb.com). “The public must know that unbiased science — evaluated through a transparent process and insulated from conflicts of interest — guides the recommendations of our health agencies.”

Kennedy says all 17 sitting ACIP members were appointed by the Biden administration. “The prior administration made a concerted effort to lock in public health ideology and limit the incoming administration’s ability to take the proper actions to restore public trust in vaccines,” HHS says.

“A clean sweep is necessary to reestablish public confidence in vaccine science,” Kennedy concludes. “ACIP new members will prioritize public health and evidence-based medicine. The committee will no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas. The entire world once looked to America health regulators for guidance, inspiration, scientific impartiality, and unimpeachable integrity. Public trust has eroded. Only through radical transparency and gold standard science, will we earn it back.”

ACIP will [convene its next meeting](https://cisionone-email.hhs.gov/c/eJwszzuOHCEUheHVUNltweXVBAST1DZGPC7dyE0xBqZL9uqtsiY5wSf9wckeg5S4kRdWOc2F5Xx7esWLdojWyhw1JSRjo3DJ8JJCduW-VW%5FuyipTdLK2uE8hIl61VCYzxWfN9Kv-hhbqi8YEl7NOyjoHLpr783b59vLPtb4mkx8Md4b7eZ63QplGeA161Llo3B79zXDPPX03OtZkuCNHzXDn5hr3AyC4kshwb0SrHg%5FoBdaTIOR3nX38gdRbq2sRQT-gtvZ91L9h1X7A1whp1URza5RrgEEvCpOgZv8fPn-AyQ%5FBUSi3DZ%5FDu143Sw4nxVvqbZtrELWr0hqpSOSAJkRQjnOIxijQKqJAG6SSant7%5FBcAAP%5F%5FfrN0qA?ref=fdaweb.com) 6/25-27.