RFK Jr. fires the first shot at vaccines. The Trump administration changes strategy on bird flu.

Everything's bigger in Texas, including measles outbreaks. And then a conversation with former FDA

Commissioner, Dr. Robert Caleb. This is America Dissected.

I'm your host, Dr. Abdual Seid.

And I'm your co-host, Dr. Caitlin Jadalina.

And recording this on Monday, February 24th at 8 p.m. Eastern Time.

All right, a lot to cover this week, Caitlin.

Let's start with the news on ASA. The Advisory Committee on immunization practices, which is the committee that advises on U.S. vaccine policy for the CDC. A couple of things to know right off the bat. Asip, they're an external committee for the CDC, and they meet a few times every year. It's a group that consists of 19 different members, a mix of pediatricians,

scientists, and even parents. And the committee makes recommendations for the U.S. vaccine

schedule for children and adults. It also advises on which vaccines get covered by health

insurance or offered for free to eligible kids. And the first meeting under RFK Jr.'s

Watch was, oh, who could have thought? It was scheduled for

February 26th and was postponed. And on their agenda was the HPV vaccine, the RSV vaccine,

and the flu vaccine, never mind the fact that we have like a historically bad flu year.

So they postponed the meeting, and I got to ask you, Caitlin, sort of stepping back here.

The reason HHS gave for postponing the

meeting was shady AF. What do you make of this? And why is the public health community looking at it

a bit of scantz? Well, first of all, this is the first time ASEP has been delayed or canceled or

whatever word we want to use, which is pretty noteworthy, honestly, because we just

went through a pandemic. So, Caitlin, you're telling me this is not a coincidence.

Well, first of all, it's not normal. I'll just say that. I mean, this happening, this postponement

happening only the second week that RFK Jr. is in office, one of the

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