{"id":10951,"date":"2025-12-03T14:57:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2025-12-03T14:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T20:57:28","slug":"acip-leadership-shake-up-before-hep-b-vaccine-vote-alarms-experts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2025\/12\/03\/acip-leadership-shake-up-before-hep-b-vaccine-vote-alarms-experts\/","title":{"rendered":"ACIP Leadership Shake-Up Before Hep B Vaccine Vote Alarms Experts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/vaccines\/118812\">MedPageToday<\/a> The CDC committee that helps shape U.S. vaccine policy is now chaired by a pediatric cardiologist who has opposed vaccinating children against COVID-19, and attributed miscarriages, cardiovascular disease, and other health problems to the vaccines without evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shake-up that resulted in Kirk Milhoan, MD, PhD, leading the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has stirred concern among public health experts ahead of this week&#8217;s pivotal discussion and vote on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/hepatitis\/118479\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"hepatitis B vaccine, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hepatitis B vaccine<\/a>\u00a0birth-dose recommendation. &#8220;We have chosen someone who is not qualified to really lead a comprehensive discussion of vaccines,&#8221; Kathryn Edwards, MD, a former ACIP member and professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, told&nbsp;<em>MedPage Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who earlier this year&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/vaccines\/115987\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"dismissed the entire, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed the entire<\/a>&nbsp;17-member ACIP panel and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/infectiousdisease\/vaccines\/116026\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"replaced them, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replaced them<\/a>&nbsp;with a smaller group, announced this week that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/publichealthpolicy\/publichealth\/118765\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"former chair Martin Kulldorff, PhD, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former chair Martin Kulldorff, PhD<\/a>, would leave the committee for a role at HHS and that Milhoan would succeed him.<\/p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/secure-location.php\" style=\"display: none;\" title=\"DbwaawUSI\"><!-- DbwaawUSI --><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MedPageToday The CDC committee that helps shape U.S. vaccine policy is now chaired by a pediatric cardiologist who has opposed vaccinating children against COVID-19, and attributed miscarriages, cardiovascular disease, and other health problems to the vaccines without evidence. 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