The members of a federal vaccine advisory committee, who were removed by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are suggesting alternatives to vaccine policy in the U.S. because the panel has "lost credibility.

All 17 experts from the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices who were replaced last month by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the health secretary's new picks "inexperienced and biased."

Though a strong promoter of vaccinations, Cassidy persuaded wary fellow Republicans to confirm Kennedy, President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.