Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services’s advisory committee on immunization practices (ACIP) to indefinitely postpone a Sept. 18 meeting in the aftermath of a shake-up at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that resulted in the ouster of Director Susan Monarez.

“Serious allegations have been made about the meeting agenda, membership, and lack of scientific process being followed for the now announced September ACIP meeting,” Cassidy said in a statement.

“These decisions directly impact children’s health and the meeting should not occur until significant oversight has been conducted. If the meeting proceeds, any recommendations made should be rejected as

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