It is the panel's first meeting with Kennedy's newly appointed members, many of whom are well-known vaccine critics.

One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s top vaccine specialists has warned that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vax policies will cause “a lot of Americans to die” after resigning from the agency on Monday.

Leading vaccine expert Dr. Fiona Havers slammed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday after she resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention earlier in the week.