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RFK Jr.-appointed vaccine panel to vote on policies
An influential Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel is meeting Thursday and Friday to vote on vaccine policies related to hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox and COVID-19. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. chose all the members of the panel.
Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd gets the latest from NPR science correspondent Rob Stein.
This segment aired on September 18, 2025.