US health department reinstates task force on safer childhood vaccines

 


(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Thursday it is reinstating its task force on a federal panel for safer childhood vaccines after 27 years.

The panel was created by Congress to improve the safety, quality and oversight of vaccines administered to American children.

The original task force was disbanded in 1998, said the health agency, adding that National Institutes of Health director Jay Bhattacharya will serve as chairman of the task force.

The task force will work closely with the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines, the HHS said.



(Reporting by Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan Barona)