Opinion: How to restore credibility to the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is responsible for developing recommendations for the use of licensed vaccines in the U.S. and has vast influence on immunization practices and financing. But in the past year its members were summarily replaced by the secretary of Health and Human Services and its processes disrupted. The participation of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientific experts in meetings was curtailed, and the Food and Drug Administration’s liaison representative, normally a senior vaccine expert, was replaced by a political appointee.Read the rest…