With U.S. vaccine policy in flux, four members of CDC advisory panel receive termination notices It’s unclear if the move results from bureaucratic dysfunction or is an effort to replace ACIP members

https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/08/cdc-vaccine-advisory-panel-acip-four-members-notified-of-termination/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_aFTQf-h1JRNj-wbxMkrnkZbiHM48f1_tE0-56Fi1Kvpv4wfO0Vh_jtHSpmFr-fv3y-f8gJ0Mee3wOa90VFBCec1JAUA&_hsmi=365649265&utm_content=365649265&utm_source=hs_email Four termination notices and new federal documents It was a busy weekend for a few STAT reporters. Yesterday, Helen Branswell reported this exclusive: Four out of 19 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices have been informed that their status as special government employees has been terminated — a development that throws into question their ability to continue to work on the body. It’s unclear if the move results from bureaucratic dysfunction or is an effort to replace ACIP members. Read more on the situation. And new federal documents released Friday afternoon provide a clearer look into how the Trump administration wants to slash the budget for NIH and consolidate longstanding HHS programs into the Administration for a Healthy America, a new agency focused on preventing chronic disease. Here are the details: President Trump’s 2026 budget proposes cutting the NIH’s central function — supporting research by awarding grants to universities, academic medical centers, and other institutions — by 43% compared to 2025 levels. Documents show an $11.6 billion cut in this funding, to $15.1 billion, which would both reduce the number of new grants awarded as well as existing grants for ongoing research. Read more from STAT’s Jonathan Wosen and Daniel Payne. https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/06/nih-cuts-newly-released-documents-detail-impact-on-grants-training-research-labs/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_hDsC1P0UYFjRAAUct71Ppb6Soqnm6e_rGQGJyREkIddWRArZHTBiQx2-hM9DiC3qVmt5_E6t8ZooAB6XSv2ACBuR6Dw&_hsmi=365649265&utm_content=365649265&utm_source=hs_email Separate documents indicate that numerous initiatives axed from the CDC through a reduction in force (RIF) in April will be resurrected with reduced funding within the AHA — or not at all. Funding lines at the CDC for tobacco control, nutrition and obesity, school health, heart disease and stroke, diabetes, and cancer prevention and control are among those that are zeroed out and slated for elimination, STAT’s Liz Cooney reports. Read more. https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/07/rfk-jr-administration-for-healthy-america-chronic-disease-budget-documents/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8tyqr8sRx-gptjjdCmVdLxiQMsUp2BRzsUZ_CxRGbH30EN6CXDLDCLUbIQxY_D9TrjipmL8qn4h5EKqdFfUjjYGD3pCw&_hsmi=365649265&utm_content=365649265&utm_source=hs_email