The Future of ACIP: CDC Vaccine Policy Lead Looks Beyond COVID

The CDC’s Melinda Wharton discusses how the ACIP handled COVID-19 and how the pandemic will shape the committee’s work in the future.

person getting ready to give a vaccine — With the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, the CDC is taking stock of ACIP. • Source: Shutterstock

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is coming up for air after years of an extra-heavy workload due to the COVID-19 public health emergency and evaluating how to structure its work moving forward.

The bolus generated by the pandemic revealed that basic committee processes are sound, said CDC’s Associate Director for Vaccine Policy...