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RFK Jr. lashes out at vaccine injury program, pledges changes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been
Former vaccine panel ousted by RFK Jr. says scientific rigor is "rapidly eroding"
All 17 experts from the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices who were replaced last month by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the health secretary's new picks "inexperienced and biased."
How vaccine policy has changed under RFK Jr. What to know.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s leadership at Health and Human Services has led to changes in vaccine recommendations and access, sparking concerns among medical experts.
RFK Jr’s Vaccine Policies Could Undermine Coverage — and Trust
A series of recent changes could have significant implications for how Americans receive and pay for their shots.
RFK Jr.'s Vaccine Injury Program Push Clashes With Policy Moves (1)
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine policies and commentary largely appear to contradict his pledge to revamp a decades-old program that pays people injured from immunization, legal experts say.
RFK Jr. announces changes to vaccine injury program
It’s Kennedy’s latest reform in how the country regulates vaccines. He replaced the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which recommends vaccine guidance. That panel recently voted to stop recommending flu shots with thimerosal.
RFK Jr. May Purge Cancer Screening Panel for Being Too ‘Woke’
The Wall Street Journal was the first to report on Kennedy’s plan last Friday. RFK Jr. is expected to remove all 16 members of the USPSTF, allegedly because they’re too “woke.” The move would follow Kennedy’s recent gutting and reshaping of the CDC’s similar advisory panel on vaccines, which has already ushered in unscientific policy changes.
Members of CDC vaccine panel ousted by RFK Jr. say committee has 'lost credibility'
In early June, Kennedy dismissed all 17 sitting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on vaccine recommendations.
Fired vaccine board members warn of fallout from RFK Jr. policies
Recently removed members of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory panel warn that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move to replace them shows he is “abandoning” rigorous scientific review and open deliberation.
CDC Cuts Experts Out of Panels That Develop Vaccine Policy
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told physician groups, public health professionals and infectious disease experts that they will no longer be invited to help review vaccine data and develop recommendations,
RFK Jr.'s Stunning Claim About Black People And Vaccines Sparks Concern From Medical Experts
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, is making changes that threaten the public health system, ...
RFK Jr. is elevating vaccine hesitancy. Texas advocates were prepared to seize the moment
Federal health authorities, headed now by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are embracing vaccine hesitancy in a ...
RFK Jr.'s vaccine policy sparks a lawsuit from the American Academy of Pediatrics
AAP and other leading health organizations allege that the health secretary violated federal law when he took the COVID vaccine off the list of recommended shots for pregnant women and healthy ...
Why is RFK Jr. eliminating all the medical experts who can keep us healthy?
Kennedy’s justification for these purges reveals his fundamental misunderstanding of how medical science works.
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Medical Groups Sue RFK Jr Over Vaccine Policy Changes
The medical groups are seeking to end the “unlawful, unilateral vaccine changes” made by the HHS and RFK Jr. Several medical organizations are suing the US Department of Health and Human ...