HHS Reinstates Child Vaccine Safety Task Force Amid Advocacy Pressure
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is reviving a federal vaccine safety task force, possibly to influence vaccine policy amid opposition from anti-vaccine groups led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has challenged vaccine safety claims and sought to reduce vaccine use. The task force, chaired by NIH director Jay Bhattacharya, aims to improve childhood vaccine safety and development, but critics argue it may be used to legitimize false safety claims and undermine vaccine uptake.
- RFK Jr. resurrects task force to improve childhood vaccine safety Axios
- RFK Jr.’s HHS re-establishes childhood vaccine safety task force after pressure from his former anti-vaccine advocacy group CNN
- US health department reinstates task force on safer childhood vaccines Reuters
- HHS revives child vaccine safety panel sought by anti-vaccine activists The Washington Post
- RFK Jr. fulfills anti-vax group’s demand The Hill
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