Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, appointed eight new members of an expert panel that advises the federal government on immunization policy, including several vocal vaccine critics and one who identifies as an “anti-vaxxer.

Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday he's naming eight new advisers to serve on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine recommendations committee, after firing the committee's entire previous roster of 17 advisers.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced eight of the 17 members he recently removed from a federal vaccine safety advisory committee due to concerns the panel had become riddled with corruption.

Staff who provide data to the vaccine panel have been pushed aside, according to health officials, raising doubts about the availability and cost of some vaccines this fall.

Moderna's shares fell 2.5% before the bell on Friday, on concerns whether a new CDC advisory panel would back the use of the company's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine in a broader age group.

It plays a big role in deciding which vaccines kids and adults get routinely, what's covered by insurance and which shots are made available free to low-income kids.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday eight new members of the CDC's independent vaccine advisory committee, some of whom have been critics of shots.

The new members include well-known vaccine skeptics and others who have been critical of Covid vaccines or pandemic interventions like lockdowns.

Career officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for overseeing the agency's committee of outside vaccine experts have been removed from their role in the process, multiple CDC officials tell CBS News.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently removed all 17 sitting members of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee. Who could be on the committee next and what changes may be coming?

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s dismissal of an independent panel of experts citing the goal of restoring trust in vaccines could undermine confidence in those available now, putting Americans at risk of preventable infectious diseases,