WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester issued the following press release:

U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), Senate HELP Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led 18 of their colleagues in demanding answers from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on the recent overhaul of the child and adolescent immunization schedule. The changes were announced (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/health/children-vaccines-cdc-kennedy.html) on January 5, 2026 by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Acting Director Jim O'Neill.

The Senators highlighted the lack ...