US HEALTH SECRETARY KENNEDY FIRES HEADS OF KEY PREVENTIVE HEALTH PANEL

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the chair ​and vice chair of the influential task force that decides what ‌preventive medical care should be provided at no cost to patients, according to letters sent earlier this month and seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically has 16 ​members, last met over a year ago after Kennedy canceled its regularly scheduled ​meetings. New members have not been named to replace the five ⁠volunteers whose terms expired in December.