WASHINGTON —

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee on Monday, pledging to replace them with his own selections, a move that has drawn criticism from public health officials.

The advisory committee reviews the safety, effectiveness, and medical need for vaccines and makes recommendations to the CDC, which shapes national guidelines. These guidelines determine who gets vaccinated, when, and how many doses are needed, and insurers rely on them to decide which vaccines to cover.

“A clean sweep is needed to re-establish public confidence in vaccine science," Secretary Kennedy wrote in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece . "The committee has been plagued with persistent conflicts of interest and has become little more than a rubbe

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