U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week dismissed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the group that sets nationwide vaccination guidelines. Kennedy said the unprecedented purge was necessary to “restore public trust” and eliminate what he described as long-standing financial conflicts of interest on the panel.

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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week dismissed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the group that sets nationwide vaccination guidelines. Kennedy said the unprecedented purge was necessary to “restore public trust” and eliminate what he described as long-standing financial conflicts of interest on the panel.

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