After more than a year without a meeting, the influential panel is being reconstituted with eight new appointees.
According to STAT, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has not met in more than a year. The pause followed a decision by Kennedy to cancel the panel's meeting, and it left seats vacant for months.
Now Kennedy is moving to revive the panel by naming eight new members. The appointments fill vacancies on the influential preventive services body, allowing it to begin reconstituting its work after the extended hiatus.
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