A panel of experts advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines will not convene for its February meeting, Stat News reported on Thursday citing a senior federal official.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is currently investigating five hospitalizations that occurred in people who had recently received a vaccine that prevents disease caused by the chikungunya virus.

The move comes a week after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), despite his known skepticism about vaccines and criticism of agencies under his supervision such as the CDC.

A popular awareness campaign now in its second year that encouraged people to get flu vaccines to reduce their risk of severe infection has been halted at the CDC, NPR

A committee of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is critical in setting national vaccine policy. It's also vulnerable to political interference.

The first meeting of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory committee since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has been

The CDC's ad campaign on the flu vaccine is being halted in the middle of peak flu season. The move came during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s first full week on the job as head of HHS. Drs. Omer Awan and Vin Gupta discuss.

For most people, the MMR vaccine should provide a lifetime of immunity but the CDC said some people should get a booster.

A meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which provides guidance on recommended vaccines and for which populations, scheduled for later this month has been postponed.

The campaign’s end comes days after the Senate confirmed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime skeptic of vaccines.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would join a conference hosted by the World Health Organization in apparent defiance of President Donald Trump's executive order.