HHS Restores Public Trust in Vaccine Panel by Firing All 17 Members; Public Trust Says It Was Not Consulted, Court Restores Previous Trust
A Continental Reporter special report: how the nation’s vaccine advisory panel was restored to public confidence by removing everyone who had it, a court restored the old arrangement, and the footnotes retained counsel.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services said this month that public trust in the nation’s vaccine advisory panel has been fully restored. The announcement came 16 months after Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 of the panel’s members in order to restore it, and a week after public trust, …