The health secretary fired all of the members of the esteemed panel earlier this month, replacing them with his own picks, including vaccine skeptics.

Leadership of the CDC's new vaccine advisory committee announced the creation of two new workgroups, including one looking at the cumulative effects of the childhood vaccination schedule.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee wrapped up the first day of its meeting since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the entire panel and appointed his own hand-selected members.