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HHS revives long-dormant childhood vaccine safety task force
The reinstated task force aims to enhance vaccine safety and public trust, with a first report to Congress due within two years, officials said.
- Last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it is reviving a federal task force for safer childhood vaccines, created in 1986 under Congress. The panel was disbanded in 1998.
- In response to legal pressure and historical oversight gaps, HHS revives the childhood vaccine safety panel, which was created in 1986 under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act to oversee vaccine safety.
- In its initial mandate, the task force will resume evaluating vaccine safety, led by HHS and involving CDC and FDA officials, with a report to Congress within two years.
- HHS said the task force will deliver its first report to Congress within two years, with biennial updates thereafter.
- Going forward, the panel aims to review safety data and improve vaccine practices, focusing on developing childhood vaccines with fewer and less serious adverse reactions.
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HHS resurrects vaccine safety panel disbanded decades ago - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The Department of Health and Human Services resurrected a long-dormant task force on childhood vaccines on Thursday, another step in the Trump administration’s efforts to scrutinize the shots that American children receive.
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