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.

A fired committee member who served on the panel since July 2024 said the decision to fire him and his colleagues came from "out of the blue."

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy is mostly keeping quiet on Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's recent appointments to a top vaccination advisory committee, including three new members who have