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2026年9月1日，美国华盛顿特区卫生与公众服务部，美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪在一场关于儿童屏幕时间危害的活动上发表讲话。路透社/埃文·武奇/资料图
9月17日（路透社）——美国卫生与公众服务部部长小罗伯特·F·肯尼迪周四任命八名新成员加入美国预防服务工作组，该委员会负责决定哪些预防性医疗服务应当免费提供给患者。
美国预防服务工作组通常每年召开三次会议，共有16名成员，上一次会议已于一年前召开。
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小肯尼迪已对多个联邦健康咨询机构进行重组，包括美国疾病控制与预防中心的疫苗咨询委员会，他在去年解散该委员会全体成员后更换了所有委员。
美国最高法院去年6月的一项裁决确认了小肯尼迪对该预防保健委员会的管理权。该委员会原定于去年11月召开的会议因2025年政府停摆未能举行。
美国卫生与公众服务部还在去年7月突然取消了原定于当月召开的另一场会议。小肯尼迪今年5月免去了这个极具影响力的工作组主席和副主席职务。
今年3月的一场会议同样被推迟。路透社就该小组下次会议的召开时间向卫生与公众服务部寻求置评，但该部门未立即回应。
新增成员包括儿科血液肿瘤学家塞思·科里、儿科医生帕特里克·亨特以及心血管专家罗纳德·卡尔斯伯格。健康金融领域从业者斯蒂芬·帕伦特也已加入该工作组。
预防心脏病学教授文卡特什·穆尔西、家庭医学医师戈尔迪·斯坦兹-奥弗-布尔、胃肠病学专家路易斯·威尔逊以及诊断放射科医生丹尼斯·乌尔夫克也被任命为小组成员。
该委员会负责决定哪些医学检测和治疗手段——比如常规乳腺癌筛查或预防艾滋病毒感染的药物——需要在大多数健康保险计划中免费提供。
这个由独立志愿专家组成的工作组依托卫生与公众服务部下属的医疗保健研究与质量局提供支持。
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US Health Secretary Kennedy Jr. adds eight new members to key health panel
September 17, 2026 3:22 PM UTC / Reuters
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event on screen time harm in children at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo
Sept 17 (Reuters) – Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. named eight new members to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the committee that decides which preventive medical care should be provided to patients free of charge, on Thursday.
The Preventive Services Task Force, which typically holds three annual meetings and has 16 members, last met a year ago.
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Kennedy Jr. has reshaped several federal health advisory bodies, including the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee, replacing its members after dismissing the entire panel last year.
A US Supreme Court decision affirmed Kennedy Jr.’s authority over the preventive care committee last June. The panel’s November meeting following the judgment did not take place due to a government shutdown in 2025.
The US Department of Health and Human Services abruptly canceled another meeting, set for July last year. Kennedy Jr. removed the chair and vice chair of the influential task force this May.
A meeting in March was also postponed. The HHS did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on when the panel will convene next.
The new members include pediatric hematologist-oncologist Seth Corey, pediatrician Patrick Hunter and cardiovascular expert Ronald Karlsberg. Stephen Parente, who works in health finance, has also joined the panel.
Professor of preventive cardiology Venkatesh Murthy, family medicine physician Goldie Stands-Over-Bull, Louis Wilson, a gastroenterology specialist, and Dennis Wulfeck, a diagnostic radiologist, were also named members.
The committee is responsible for deciding which medical tests and treatments, such as routine breast cancer screening or drugs to prevent HIV infection, need to be provided at no cost under most health insurance plans.
The panel, comprising an independent group of volunteer experts, relies on support from the Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Reporting by Sriparna Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Pooja Desai
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