HHS Reinstates Federal Task Force on Childhood Vaccine Safety

HHS Reinstates Task Force on Childhood Vaccine Safety Amid Rising Exemptions and Hesitancy

The renewed federal panel aims to improve vaccine oversight and restore public trust amid declining immunization rates and ongoing concerns about vaccine ingredients.

HHS Reinstates Federal Task Force on Childhood Vaccine Safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the revival of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a federal panel first created by Congress to strengthen oversight of vaccines administered to children. The Task Force, disbanded in 1998, will now operate under the leadership of National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, who emphasized the group’s role in ensuring “rigorous science, continuous i…