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Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a CDC pediatric infectious disease expert and co-leader of a COVID-19 vaccine working group, resigned on Tuesday. Her resignation follows Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s unilateral alteration of CDC vaccine recommendations, restricting access for children and pregnant people. This action disrupted the established process for updating recommendations, scheduled for review in three weeks. Panagiotakopoulos cited an inability to continue serving in her role due to the changes.

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