HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to appoint seven new members to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — an influential panel responsible for reviewing vaccine data and issuing recommendations on their use.

Jeremy Faust, MD, an emergency physician at Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, first reported the news in his Inside Medicine newsletter after obtaining an internal list. Former federal officials familiar with the matter have confirmed the list’s authenticity, according to multiple reports. 

Four things to know:

1. Several of the new panel members Mr. Kennedy plans to appoint have been critical of vaccines. The list of potential new members includes Joseph Fraiman, MD, an emergency medicine physician who authored a study published in the journal

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