US EditionRFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Secured political support to lead the nation's health agency and pledged to work within the existing vaccine approval system as of May 2025.
- His appointment follows a background of criticism by officials like Dr. Vinay Prasad, the agency's new vaccine chief, who called past COVID-19 booster assessments 'a number of missteps.'
- The FDA is preparing to launch a comprehensive new framework for vaccine testing and approval, overseen by Prasad and announced by Commissioner Marty Makary, but details remain unpublished.
- Senator Bill Cassidy and experts like Dr. Jake Scott refuted claims that vaccines lack placebo-controlled trials, citing decades of such studies for vaccines including rotavirus, measles, and HPV.
- The upcoming changes and recent decisions, such as restricted Novavax approvals, introduce uncertainty about future COVID-19 vaccine availability and communication challenges amid misinformation.
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RFK Jr. pledged not to revamp US vaccine system, yet ‘massive’ changes are on the way
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are promising big changes that cloud the outlook for what shots might even be available.
RFK Jr. Doesn’t Know His Ear From A Hole In The Ground, Part 116, Explained
Source: The Washington Post / Getty We are now in the FAFO phase of what happens when you take a man who claimed that he dumped a dead bear cub in Central Park, and that he found a dead worm in his brain and made him the head of Health and Human Services. Now that the Food and Drug Administration is under his leadership, the tin-foil hat-wearing, toxic water-wading Kennedy is looking to restrict the use of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, because …
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