Dr. Martin Kulldorff, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), is leaving his position to become chief science officer in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) planning and evaluation office.

Federal officials announced that Dr. Kirk Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist who has publicly blamed vaccines for cardiovascular disease, will succeed Kulldorff as chair.

The big picture: The ACIP, which advises the CDC director on vaccine use, will be meeting later this week to discuss the pediatric vaccine schedule and hepatitis B shots for newborns. • Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a former leading anti-vaccine activist, previously dismissed the entire ACIP panel and replaced it with several anti-vaccine voices, including appointing Kulldorff a

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