STAT News – Biotech
Federal vaccine adviser departs ACIP
WASHINGTON — Robert Malone, an outspoken medical doctor and ally of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is stepping away from a panel of federal vaccine advisers after a federal judge blocked the panel’s work.
Andrew Nixon, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, directed STAT to Roll Call, which first reported the news, where officials acknowledged Malone’s departure and defended Nixon against disparaging comments by Malone. Malone told STAT he did not want to speak with the publication when reached by phone Tuesday evening. He told CQ Roll Call in a text: “Suffice to say I do not like drama, and have better things to do.”