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Days before ACIP meeting, committee chair gets a new job at HHS

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has replaced the head of his controversial, handpicked vaccine advisory committee, according to an announcement yesterday. Martin Kulldorff, who has chaired the committee since being appointed by Kennedy in June, will move on to a leadership role within HHS, officials said.

The new chair of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will be Kirk Milhoan, who was appointed to ACIP in September. Milhoan, a pediatric cardiologist, has blame

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