President Trump's former surgeon general blasted Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's Jr.'s decision to fire the entirety of a federal advisory committee vaccine guidance, saying the move jeopardizes public health and threatens public trust in health institutions.

In an op-ed published by Time, former Surgeon General Jerome Adams wrote that Kennedy's recent actions cast doubt over his pledge that “We won’t take away anyone’s vaccines.”

He pointed to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) new framework limiting access to COVID-19 vaccines; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) no longer recommending the shot for children and pregnant women; and

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