Department of Pediatrics

New Colorado law lets health officials seek out non-CDC vaccine guidance

Written by National Public Radio (NPR) | August 29, 2025

But earlier this year, Secretary Kennedy fired and replaced every member of the vaccine advisory panel that guides the CDC by developing recommendations on how vaccines are used in the U.S. Doctors and vaccine scientists were alarmed - like Allison Kempe. ALLISON KEMPE: There’s now going to be much more confusion and distrust of vaccines among the public. DALEY: Kempe is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado who served on that advisory panel years ago.