Upcoming meeting of federal vaccine panel may be postponed after HHS missed deadlines
Federal officials missed the legal notice deadline for an upcoming ACIP meeting, raising the prospect it will be postponed; the lapse underscores broader HHS and CDC disorganization amid leadership reshuffling and contentious vaccine-policy changes, including a remade ACIP with vaccine-skeptical members and prior recommendations affecting the hepatitis B newborn vaccination.
Why it mattersHHS missed ACIP notice, so hospital systems should delay adopting any new vaccine policy changes.