The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee is set to meet for the first time since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the entire panel and appointed his own hand-selected members.

“Secretary Kennedy has appointed some of the most highly qualified individuals to serve on the ACIP committee. The new members will ensure that evidence-based medicine, the gold standard of science, and common sense is used for all vaccine policy decisions.” The new committee is supposed to be holding votes on RSV vaccines during their meeting.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on the flu vaccine, raising concerns about a rarely used preservative. Medical groups worry this will "sow distrust" in vaccines.