By Katherine Dillinger, CNN

(CNN) — US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to remove the expert advisers who make up a federal panel on preventive health care, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The future of the US Preventive Services Task Force has been in doubt since HHS called off this month’s meeting of the nonpolitical advisory group.

“No final decision has been made on how the USPSTF can better support HHS’ mandate to Make America Healthy Again,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told CNN on Friday.

The 16-member task force was established in 1984 and provides recommendations about preventive services, such as screenings for cancer and various disorders and counseling, that help make Americans aware of illnesses and conditions earlier, when they

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