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Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers began their first meeting Wednesday under intense scrutiny from medical experts worried about Americans’ access to lifesaving shots. And it's become a critical time for vaccine advocates across the U.S. and the world.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001h01t8ase1q8fl@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7488238_2025-06-24-150738&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7488238_2025-06-24-150738&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cmcc9v65m001i01t8fypoe4xb@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and one of the foremost experts on infectious disease in the U.S. is one of those advocates. He tells WCCO's Adam and Jordana that the reason they formed a Vaccine Integrity Project immediately following the 2024 Presidential Election, was the knowledge that vaccinations would be a target of the Trump administration and his choice of Kennedy to lead the HHS Department.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001j01t8i2p1p39s@published'}, {'data': {'text': ""We envisioned even back then, that what was going to happen has happened, and that's why we formed this group called the Vaccine Integrity Project," Osterholm explained. "And we did that right after the first of the year to provide an alternative source of science-based, unbiased information on vaccines so that clinicians, whether they be doctors, nurses, or pharmacists, would have accurate information. And so nothing that's happening here, right now with the administration, should be a surprise to anyone."", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001k01t88z3bs3nj@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'First on the agenda for the meetings Wednesday is an awkward scenario: Kennedy already announced COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be recommended for healthy children or pregnant women, and his new advisers aren’t scheduled to vote on whether they agree. Yet government scientists prepared meeting materials calling vaccination “the best protection” during pregnancy — and said most children hospitalized for COVID-19 over the past year were unvaccinated.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001l01t89miu165o@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Osterholm says that this is not even up for debate anymore, and the myths and disinformation he says Kennedy is spreading is a tragedy and he's concerned that confusing and conflicting information will emerge from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001m01t8eqeboqfx@published'}, {'data': {'text': ""Even if it's mis or disinformation, the public's confused and so we have a lot of work to do to help," says Osterholm. "And how do we best share this information? I hope we don't have dueling recommendations coming from the ACIP. But already here's an example. Secretary Kennedy has basically taken COVID vaccines away from pregnant women. We know that pregnancy is the time when you're at an increased risk of serious illness, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID. The data are clear and compelling, and now we are saying to these pregnant women, you can't get vaccinated. I mean, that's a tragedy."", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001n01t8vf2lhq20@published'}, {'data': {'text': "COVID-19 remains a public health threat, resulting in 32,000 to 51,000 U.S. deaths and more than 250,000 hospitalizations since last fall, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Most at risk for hospitalization are seniors and children under 2 — especially infants under 6 months who could have some protection if their mom got vaccinated during pregnancy, according to the CDC's presentation.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001o01t8w7x26ilz@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'It’s one signal that this week’s two-day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices isn’t business as usual.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001p01t8c1e5k425@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Another sign: Shortly before the meeting, a Virginia-based obstetrician and gynecologist stepped down from the committee, bringing the panel's number to just seven. The Trump administration said Dr. Michael Ross withdrew during a customary review of members' financial holdings.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001q01t8diow0u69@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The meeting opened as the American Academy of Pediatrics announced that it will continue publishing its own vaccine schedule for children but now will do so independently of the ACIP, calling it “no longer a credible process.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001r01t88zxbiof0@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7491453_2025-06-25-163253&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7491453_2025-06-25-163253&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cmcc9v65m001s01t86u5v7h5e@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The panel, created more than 60 years ago, helps the CDC determine who should be vaccinated against a long list of diseases, and when. Those recommendations have a big impact on whether insurance covers vaccinations and where they’re available, such as at pharmacies.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001t01t8whsjse8h@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Earlier this month, Kennedy\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/kennedy-cdc-acip-vaccines-3790c89f45b6314c5c7b686db0e3a8f9">abruptly dismissed</a>\xa0the existing 17-member expert panel and handpicked\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/cdc-acip-vaccine-committee-9f58e1f004075b081718ff078de88d76">eight replacements</a>, including several anti-vaccine voices. And a number of the CDC’s top vaccine scientists — including some who lead the reporting of data and the vetting of presentations at ACIP meetings — have resigned or been moved out of previous positions.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001u01t8tpje87a1@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The highly unusual moves prompted a last-minute plea from a prominent Republican senator to delay this week’s meeting. Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a physician who chairs the chamber's health committee, said Monday that many of Kennedy’s chosen panelists lack the required expertise and “may even have a preconceived bias” against new vaccine technologies.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001v01t8qxy3v1yg@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In a House hearing Tuesday, Kennedy defended his purge, saying the old panel had been “a template for medical malpractice.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001w01t89qt2m2me@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Rep. Kim Schrier, a pediatrician and Democrat from Washington state, told Kennedy: “I will lay all responsibility for every death from a vaccine-preventable illness at your feet.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001x01t8ldbh9g6m@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Osterholm adds that his Vaccine Integrity Project - which he says is funded 100% philanthropically without any industry or company support - is aiming to produce advice for Americans and bring together experts that the Advisory Committee Kennedy fired has used all along.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001y01t8ep5sf7b8@published'}, {'data': {'text': ""This is the group we're talking about, it's 17 experts from outside of government," says Osterholm. "They represent the very best and the brightest of researchers, people who deliver vaccines. They know this. There's a whole group of of societies, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Infectious Disease Society of America, they all are part of this activity. And what we've done is brought them together to say what is it that we know, and don't know, and to lay that out honestly and succinctly."", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m001z01t8ln6wggq6@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7491440_2025-06-25-165540&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>', 'isIframe': True, 'componentVariation': 'html-embed', 'fbInstantArticleHtml': '<iframe width="100%" height="165px" frameborder="0" src="https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?&feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F7491440_2025-06-25-165540&withPlaylist=false&theme=dark&playerDisplay-logoType=Audacy" allow="clipboard-write"></iframe>'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/html-embed/instances/cmcc9v65m002001t8x8eg26dv@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Committee will vote on RSV protections', 'anchorId': 'ip-committee-will-vote-on-rsv-protections', 'componentVariation': 'subheader'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/subheader/instances/cmcc9v65m002101t85gqbtdah@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The two-day meeting\'s agenda on was abruptly\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/acip-cdc-vaccine-thimerosal-3d27b10be11112a77c6dea86695ec4df">changed</a>\xa0last week.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002201t8ry513q41@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Discussion of COVID-19 shots will open the session on Wednesday. Later in the day, the committee will take up RSV, with votes expected. On Thursday, the committee will vote on fall flu vaccinations and on the use of a preservative in certain flu shots.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002301t8izafjze1@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<a href="https://apnews.com/article/cdc-vaccine-recommendations-acip-kennedy-c10ecfcabc72fe31015b1ca2632e30c5">RSV</a>, or respiratory syncytial virus, is a common cause of cold-like symptoms that can be dangerous for infants.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002401t8uqse4ynq@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In 2023, U.S. health officials began\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/rsv-vaccine-infants-cdc-e30abab0c84ab22ddddc4963dad7c0ad">recommending</a>\xa0two new measures to protect infants — a lab-made antibody for newborns and a vaccine for pregnant women — that experts say likely drove an\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/infant-mortality-cdc-8b79d43cd3d994b9a5de92d39f3af8cc">improvement</a>\xa0in infant mortality.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002501t8pib5jg8j@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The committee will discuss another company's newly approved antibody shot, but the exact language for the vote was not released prior to the meeting.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002601t886bi0tzn@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“I think there may be a theme of soft-pedaling or withdrawing recommendations for healthy pregnant women and healthy children,” even though they are at risk from vaccine-preventable diseases, said Lawrence Gostin, a public health law expert at Georgetown University who co-authored a recent\xa0<a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2835581">medical journal commentary</a>\xa0criticizing the COVID-19 vaccination decision.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002701t84tg7w9qv@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Flu shot recommendations to be debated', 'anchorId': 'ip-flu-shot-recommendations-to-be-debated', 'componentVariation': 'subheader'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/subheader/instances/cmcc9v65m002801t82reji1ii@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'At its June meetings, the committee usually refreshes guidance for Americans 6 month and older to get a flu shot, and helps greenlight the annual fall vaccination campaign.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002901t8qv3b5i35@published'}, {'data': {'text': "But given the recent changes to the committee and federal public health leadership, it's unclear how routine topics will be treated, said Jason Schwartz, a Yale University health policy researcher who has studied the committee.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002a01t8xa1uiorm@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Thursday also promises controversy. The advisory panel is set to consider a preservative in a subset of flu shots that Kennedy and some antivaccine groups have falsely contended is tied to autism. In preparation, the CDC posted a new report confirming that research shows no link between the preservative, thimerosal, and autism or any other neurodevelopmental disorders.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002b01t8zo1sqmd1@published'}, {'data': {'text': "Gostin said the agenda appears to be “a combination of what we would normally expect ACIP to cover along with a mixture of potential conspiracy theories,” he said. “We clearly are in a new normal that's highly skeptical of vaccine science.”", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002c01t8ky6vzz8z@published'}, {'data': {'text': "The committee's recommendations traditionally go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director. Historically, nearly all are accepted and then used by insurance companies in deciding what vaccines to cover.", '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002d01t8ey8c9r83@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'But the CDC currently has no director, so the committee’s recommendations have been going to Kennedy, and he has yet to act on a couple recommendations ACIP made in April.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002e01t8oo9j4s14@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'The\xa0<a href="https://apnews.com/article/cdc-trump-nominee-susan-monarez-f132a3b1dae2b5d0a0dafdff02195980">CDC director nominee</a>, Susan Monarez, is slated to go before a Senate committee on Wednesday.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002f01t8sip7kuya@published'}, {'data': {'text': '<em>The Associated Press contributed to this story.</em>', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cmcc9v65m002g01t8h7yljxhq@published'}], 'feedImg': {'data': {'alt': 'Robert F. 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