Seventeen vaccine experts who were dismissed from a federal advisory panel last week say they are worried that recent moves by US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will destabilize vaccine policy in the US and jeopardize access to lifesaving immunizations.

The 17 members of the CDC's vaccine advisory committee, who were ousted last week, argued their abrupt dismissal has "left the U.S. vaccine program critically weakened."

17 vaccine experts recently fired from the CDC say they're worried that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will destabilize vaccine policy in the U.S. "Every soldier learns how to march during basic training, and it's not hard."