Federal officials are unsure how to respond to a court order blocking a key vaccine advisory committee, following “miscommunication” over next steps by an advisory committee member and Trump administration official.
Robert Malone, an outspoken member of the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee, said Friday the panel is essentially sidelined, after initially saying it had disbanded because an appeal of the earlier court ruling would take too long.
A federal judge on Monday blocked the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices’ controversial changes to the childhood vaccine schedule and called into question the panel’s validity.
