When the Burden Shifts: Equipping Healthcare Providers to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
In June, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The ACIP studies vaccines — those in the regulatory pipeline and those recently licensed by the FDA — and advises the CDC on who should be offered them once they have been approved.