The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced the reinstatement of the long-defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, originally disbanded in 1998. This move follows a lawsuit filed by Children’s Health Defense—an anti-vaccine organization founded by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—demanding the task force’s revival. The task force aims to enhance vaccine safety, quality, and oversight, with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya appointed as chairman. The reinstatement occurs amid significant shifts and controversies in U.S. vaccine policy and advisory panels under current HHS leadership.