RFK Jr. names eight members to vaccine panel, WSJ reports

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has appointed eight new members to the advisory immunization committee, including vaccine opponents, The Wall Street Journal’s Liz Essley Whyte and Dominique Mosbergen report. The new panel will review both new and existing vaccine recommendations. Kennedy’s move came two days after abruptly removing all 17 of the prior members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. “All of these individuals are committed to evidence-based medicine, gold-standard science, and common sense,” RFK Jr. said. Publicly traded companies in the pharmaceutical and vaccine space include Moderna (MRNA), Novavax (NVAX), BioNTech (BNTX), AstraZeneca (AZN), Bristol Myers (BMY), Eli Lilly (LLY), GSK (GSK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Merck (MRK), Novartis (NVS), Pfizer (PFE), Roche (RHHBY) and Sanofi (SNY).