A revised charter for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) influential vaccine advisory committee has been withdrawn due to an administrative error. The revised document, under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., would have allowed him to appoint dubious anti-vaccine allies to advise the CDC, focusing on alleged vaccine injuries and risks.

Kennedy's efforts to reshape the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) have been ongoing, including firing all 17 experts in June 2025 and replacing them with unvetted anti-vaccine advocates. These replacements held several meetings where they aired misinformation, allowed activists to present without scrutiny, and ultimately voted to remove longstanding federal vaccine recommendations based on unfounded rhetoric.

The changes included removing the universal recommendation for a hepatitis B vaccine dose at birth, despite no evidence of safety concerns or benefits from delaying the dose. Subsequent studies predict more infections, increased liver cancer cases, deaths, and millions in healthcare costs due to this decision.