US seeks new nominees for key preventive health panel
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking new nominees for the Preventive Services Task Force, which has not met in over a year and has seen key member terms expire. Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. criticized the panel as inactive, while health experts warn delays have stalled updates to critical screening guidelines. The call for nominations includes clinicians and researchers in specialties like cardiology, oncology, and family medicine. Nominations are due by May 23.
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By Deena Beasley April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday asked for nominations to the influential task force that decides which preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically has 16 members, last met over a year ago. Three successive planned meetings were canceled and new members have not been named to replace the five volunteers whose terms expired in December. "That task force has been lackadaisical. It’s not been doing its job,” Kennedy told a House committee earlier this month.
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