NIH Board Unanimously Condemns Kennedy's Vaccine Clinic as Politicized
The board overseeing the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center voted unanimously to rebuke Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for launching a new vaccine injury clinic. Chairman Jack Leslie accused Kennedy of politicizing scientific research and undermining public trust by staging a public event with pre-determined narratives. While Kennedy framed the initiative as listening to patients, the board argued that the presentation of the clinic compromises the integrity of the research it is meant to conduct.