HHS's June 9, 2025 announcement removing all 17 sitting ACIP members — 13 of them appointed in 2024 — with Secretary Kennedy's stated rationale about restoring public trust and ending alleged industry capture.
A clean sweep is necessary… The Committee will no longer function as a rubber stamp for industry profit-taking agendas
HHS's June 9, 2025 announcement removing all 17 sitting ACIP members — 13 of them appointed in 2024 — with Secretary Kennedy's stated rationale about restoring public trust and ending alleged industry capture. Agency self-description of its own action; the stated conflict rationale is contested in MME-36 and challenged in court in MME-37/MME-38.