A November meeting of an influential preventive services advisory committee has been postponed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing the government shutdown.

The 16-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has not held a formal meeting since March. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. canceled a July meeting where the panel was supposed to discuss steps to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Task force members meet in person three times a year — in March, July and November.

“The USPSTF’s November meeting has been postponed due to the Democrat-led shutdown. The Trump Administration is committed to reopening the........

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