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Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special EditionBy Gina ShawAll 18 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) who were abruptly dismissed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on June 9 have issued a joint letter declaring that the decision has left the U.S. vaccine program “critically weakened.”Published in JAMA online on June 16, 2025, the letter described the rigorous process that historica