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CDC vaccine meeting postponement raises red flags
Concerns mount that Trump administration vaccine policies will harm public health, disincentivize vaccine R&D
February 20, 2025 11:35 PM UTC
The Trump administration’s decision to postpone a CDC vaccines advisory committee meeting intensifies concerns that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will take steps that harm public health and make it more difficult to develop and commercialize vaccines.
Even if the meeting is rescheduled and the committee is permitted to make recommendations based on science and medicine, the action adds to evidence that the Trump administration’s policies will make it more difficult, and less profitable, to develop and commercialize vaccines. ...