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- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) vice chair John Wong and deputy chair Esa Davis on May 11.
- The dismissals were called administrative, said they protected integrity, and invited reapplication.
- The moves cut the USPSTF to eight members, with a May 23 deadline for nominations.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality director Roger Klein said action follows the Supreme Court’s Kennedy v. Braidwood decision.