According to documents posted about the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a new workgroup will "review data, as well as clinical and scientific knowledge related to the childhood and adolescent immunization schedule."
The group will consider the timing and order of different vaccines, the administration of other immunizing products like monoclonal antibodies, the safety of vaccine ingredients such as aluminum and the safety and efficacy of vaccine schedules in other countries.
The members and chair of this workgroup were not immediately disclosed.
The group's agenda aligns with many of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s criticisms surrounding vaccines. He frequently blasts what he characterizes as an overabundance of childhood vaccines along with the ingredients included in the shots.
The secretary is also a fan of pointing to Europe when it comes to childhood vaccine schedules, often arguing the U.S. should mirror its vaccine policy to what is done across the Atlantic.
One of the more immediate changes could be to substantially delay the hepatitis B shot, currently given to newborns.
At the most recent ACIP meeting, its members— all of whom were handpicked by Kennedy debated whether to delay the shot until a baby was a month old. The panel ultimately decided to table the vote.
But one member of the committee recently said he thought the proposed delay didn't go far enough. During a call with MAHA supporters last week, Robert Malone said he offered the motion to table because he disagreed with the recommendation to delay the shot a month.
While public health experts and Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) praised the decision not to vote, Malone said the plan is to bring the issue up again and recommend a much longer delay.
"A lot of people don't understand what transpired there," Malone said.
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