Trump’s Maha agenda stalled as top CDC and surgeon general roles sit empty
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- Publish Date:
- March 26, 2026
- Author(s):
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- Popat, Shrai ,
- Schreiber, Melody ,
- Smith, Michelle R
- Source:
- The Guardian
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Summary
Since only the CDC director can formally approve vaccine recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the absence of a permanent director effectively shifts that authority to Kennedy as health and human services secretary, according to the Stanford law professor Anne Joseph O’Connell.
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