The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development,

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is relaunching a task force focused on the safety of childhood vaccines. | The Department of Health and Human Services is relaunching a task force focused on the safety of childhood vaccines.

The new panel will consist of experts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration, with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya serving as chairman.