Senate Bill Would Make Federal Vaccine Recommendations Harder to Stop and Harder to Undo: S. 3323

by Jon Fleetwood, Jon Fleetwood: Congress is considering legislation (S. 3323) that would make federal vaccine recommendations harder to stop before they take effect, and harder to undo afterward. Under current CDC rules, the director “may adopt or reject” recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). ACIP’s current charter is equally clear: its recommendations are “advisory.” […]