RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel Includes Self-Proclaimed Anti-Vaxxer

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced 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.”

The newly reconstituted panel includes numerous scientists with less conventional views. Several weren’t aware of their appointments when contacted by Bloomberg.

The moves come as Kennedy makes major changes to how immunizations are studied and administered in the US and paves the way for a more skeptical approach to the use of shots that prevent deadly infections. In just the first few months ...