Scientists Mull Independent Counterpart To CDC

June 11, 2025 Medicine, Science

By gutting the expert panel that’s advised the government on vaccine policy for more than 60 years, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earned the condemnation of virtually every medical society, as well as former public health officials and local practitioners.

The distress and lack of organization apparent in health circles on Tuesday was a sign that a new independent body that could act as a “shadow CDC” to truth-squad the Trump administration isn’t close to materializing.

“We are clearly working on it and we think it’s very important, but I don’t think anyone has an answer yet,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, who’s behind one ad hoc effort. “Right now, we’re in such uncharted territory.”

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