RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized
Without reason, RFK Jr. is considering changes.
Without reason, RFK Jr. is considering changes.
The short version
- Under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F.
- Kennedy Jr., the US health department is considering changing how vaccine recommendations are categorized and described.
- However, he laid out ideas and possibilities in a Request for Information (RFI) posted online Friday and published in the Federal Register on Monday .
What happened
In the 10-page document , Kennedy poses questions about the current categories and asks the public to weigh in on ideas for how to change or replace them. The deadline to comment on the questions and ideas is September 20.
Why it matters
Before Kennedy’s oversight, the CDC and ACIP used an evidence-based decision-making framework to determine which type of recommendation to give a vaccination.
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