The health and human services secretary and noted vaccine skeptic named a new panel to provide the guidance often used by states in setting school immunization requirements.

In early June, Kennedy dismissed all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine recommendations.

Recently removed members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel warn that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to replace them shows he is “abandoning” rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.