Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned after a recommendation to vaccinate children and pregnant women for the coronavirus was rescinded.

The resignation follows an order by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to change the agency's guidance.

Career officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for overseeing the agency's committee of ...

Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Tuesday after Health and Human Services ...

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos of the U.S. CDC resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is ...

Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he’d leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone. Now he’s doing the opposite.

The 17 experts recently dismissed from a government vaccine advisory panel say his decisions could "put U.S. families at risk of dangerous and preventable illnesses." ...

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos on Tuesday stepped down as co-leader of a CDC work group that helps shape the agency’s COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, and is ...

Coronavirus expert Fiona Havers has followed Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos out the door.

Pediatric infectious disease expert Dr. Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos resigned on Tuesday as co-leader of a U.S. CDC working group that advises outside experts on COVID-19 vaccines and is leaving the ...

Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos said she could no longer help vulnerable people after officials removed recommendations to immunize children and pregnant women.