The Trump administration has directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to indefinitely postpone a public meeting of its vaccine advisory panel, a key forum for the nation’s discussion of information about vaccine safety and effectiveness.

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 moves by the Department of Health and Human Services represent a substantial shift in the government’s philosophy on transgender and nonbinary issues, toward one that rejects the idea that Americans can identify with a gender other than their sex at birth. The new information aligns with President Donald Trump’s executive orders on the subject.

Kennedy tried to hold out an olive branch to the researchers during his introductory remarks and pledged transparency.