Millions of dollars in cuts to vaccine technology . Canceled research . Mass resignations at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . Overhauled health councils and ever-changing guidelines that result in sparring between government officials and professional medical agencies.

Keeping up with public health and, specifically, who can get a COVID-19 vaccine, has become more of a challenge since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr . took office earlier this year. Kennedy ruffled feathers in health communities in June when he upended the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), r eplacing all 17 original members with new picks, some with a history of anti-vaccine advocacy . The committee provides guidance on vaccine use to the CDC.

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