Kennedy Says Senator Will Be Able to Pick a Member of CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel

A senator has been promised that he can choose a new member of the panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on June 11. Before casting a decisive vote for Kennedy’s confirmation earlier this year, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a doctor and the chairman of the Senate Health Committee, said that Kennedy had committed to him that he would “maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes.” “That’s not true,” Kennedy said on Thursday on Fox News. “What I told Sen. Cassidy was that I would allow him to put one of his candidates on, which we’re going to do.”...