Ping Huang
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1,103 appearances
130 recordings
4 series
first heard Jul 2025
last heard 18 Sep
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This has been a highly unusual meeting.
There are twelve members.
They're new since June when Kennedy fired all the previous members and
They have come with a new approach.
They're challenging years of established vaccine science, and they're digging deep into old data to try and find evidence of harms.
And throughout the meeting there's been clashes between the new members and with members of the medical establishment.
MPR's Ping Wong has more.
This group is really influential.
You know, they decide what vaccines are offered for free to children through the Vaccines for Children program.
They decide what a lot of health insurers will cover.
And so
It is very possible that this group, if they choose to limit access, could make it harder for people to get vaccines.
The new members include a pediatric cardiologist associated with a group that discouraged people from getting COVID vaccines and an epidemiologist who has claimed that the government overstated COVID's harms.
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They add to the seven members appointed by Kennedy in June after he fired the previous members, which he said he did to restore public trust.
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The committee meets on Thursday and Friday in Atlanta.
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They're expected to vote on policy changes to COVID vaccines, along with routine childhood vaccines for hepatitis B and for measles and chickenpox.
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As health secretary, Kennedy has stacked this panel with people who question the safety and need for vaccines.
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The panel helps determine which vaccines are covered by insurance or offered for free to many children.
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Ping Huang, NPR News.
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The new members include a pediatric cardiologist associated with a group that discouraged people from getting COVID vaccines and an epidemiologist who has claimed that the government overstated COVID's harms.
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