HHS again postpones meeting of preventive services coverage panel

A November gathering of an influential preventive services advisory committee has been postponed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), citing the authorities shutdown.   The 16-member U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has not held a formal meeting since March. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cancelled a July meeting that was supposed to discuss steps to forestall cardiovascular disease.  Task unit members conscionable successful idiosyncratic 3 times…