Robert Malone, a physician and member of the CDC's Advisory Panel on Immunization (ACIP), was appointed in June 2025 by Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a term of office until 2029. He replaced all 17 previous committee members. Malone is vice president of ACIP and advises the federal government on vaccination policy and regulatory reform. In 2025, the new committee met three times and issued recommendations on a pediatric RSV monoclonal antibody, narrowed recommendations for thimerosal-containing influenza, COVID-19, and measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (MMRV) vaccines. On the MAHA Media Hub podcast, Malone indicated that the committee may consider limiting mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and called for an upcoming ACIP meeting. He publicly accused FDA Commissioner Marty Makary of blocking efforts to withdraw COVID vaccines from the market. No federal judge has blocked the panel's work, as the article's title indicated.