Malone Exits ACIP Amid Internal Feuding, Panel’s Future Remains Uncertain

Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special EditionBy Gina ShawRobert Malone, MD, the biochemist appointed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as deputy chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), has stepped down from the panel, marking the latest episode in an increasingly chaotic chapter for the body governing U.S. vaccine recommendations.figure { display:inline-block; margin:0.5em; border:thin silver solid;