The ACIP meeting was the first time the eight new members convened since they were appointed by Kennedy on June 11.

While the first meeting of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s reshuffled Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices didn’t yield any votes Wednesday, comments from the panel’s new chair made it clear that changes could be coming for U.

The votes in favor of Merck's shot are a sigh of relief after Kennedy gutted the panel and tapped replacements, some of whom are well-known vaccine critics.