ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

The new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, or DGA, which inform federal nutrition policies, school meals, and public health education were announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. earlier this year.

April 08, 2026

News Analysis

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

Recently, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video montage featuring himself shirtless in jeans, working out with Kid Rock. The duo is in a blue-lit grotto with a cold plunge and sauna. Set to Kid Rock’s “Bawitdaba” and intercut with a selection of patriotic imagery, the video ends with the two men in a hot tub, chugging what appears to be milk.

April 03, 2026

Vol.52 No.13

By Claire Marie Porter

Cancer Policy

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose down 2% in children under 2 years old, CDC immunization report finds

Immunization rates are declining in infants and toddlers 24 months and younger, according to the most recent National Immunization Survey-Child report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

At a jam-packed NCAB meeting, cancer vaccines and site visits take center stage

Last week’s issue of The Cancer Letter was dominated by one event: the meeting of the National Cancer Advisory Board, the group of experts which advises and assists the NCI director on the activities of the National Cancer Program.

March 25, 2026

Cancer Policy

The reconstitution of ACIP and changes to CDC’s childhood vaccine schedule were likely illegal, judge rules

Judge Brian E. Murphy, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, temporarily blocked a series of recent changes to the CDC vaccine schedule.

HHS postpones third USPSTF meeting in a row

Yet another U.S. Preventative Services Task Force meeting is postponed—the third missed meeting since the start of the second Trump administration.

March 13, 2026

Vol.52 No.10

By Sara Willa Ernst

ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

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ACIP charter is renewed as meetings remain on indefinite hold

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HHS Secretary Kennedy’s diet advice is heavy on meat and light on scientific consensus

HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside downThe Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol

Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose down 2% in children under 2 years old, CDC immunization report finds

At a jam-packed NCAB meeting, cancer vaccines and site visits take center stage

The reconstitution of ACIP and changes to CDC’s childhood vaccine schedule were likely illegal, judge rules

HHS postpones third USPSTF meeting in a row

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HHS presents new protein-forward dietary guidelines, turning the food pyramid upside down
The Kennedy guidelines are mum on cancer risks associated with red meat and alcohol