US EditionKennedy’s anti-vaccine strategy risks forcing shots off market, manufacturers warn
Kennedy's decision to halt $500 million in mRNA vaccine grants raises concerns of halting advancements in vaccine technology and public health risks, experts warn.
- Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his influence on U.S. vaccine policy by halting $500 million in mRNA vaccine development contracts in August 2025.
- Kennedy’s actions follow his longstanding, unsupported claims linking vaccines to autism and allergies, amid growing skepticism from public health experts.
- He replaced the CDC’s immunization advisory panel with allies critical of vaccines and seeks to add autism and allergies to the vaccine injury compensation table.
- Experts warn Kennedy’s strategy could bankrupt the vaccine injury fund, disrupt vaccine availability, and coincide with measles rates at a 33-year high.
- His policies risk impeding mRNA vaccine innovation crucial for future pandemics, with calls to curb his influence to protect public health progress.
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Secretary Kennedy’s Pride and Prejudice
His longstanding anti-vaccine rhetoric and vocal opposition to science-backed expert consensus has caused widespread concern among public health and medical professionals about the appropriateness of his leadership. The post Secretary Kennedy’s Pride and Prejudice appeared first on MedCity News.
Bloomberg: RFK Jr. sabotaging Trump’s health legacy
For leaders in business, failing to learn the lessons of a crisis can be disastrous. For leaders in government, when millions of lives are at risk, such disasters can be catastrophic. Unfortunately, that’s where the US is heading, thanks to the disagreement that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has with his boss, President Donald Trump. A little history: On Jan. 10, 2020, a Chinese scientist posted the genetic sequence of a “mystery virus” that had sickene…
Kennedy’s anti-vaccine strategy risks forcing shots off market, manufacturers warn
Dining under palm trees on a patio at Mar-a-Lago in December, President-elect Donald Trump reassured chief executives at pharmaceutical giants Eli Lilly and Pfizer that anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wouldn’t be a radical choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services.
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