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A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson called the move "a radical departure from past practices."
Proposed changes to the vaccine approval process violate ethical and scientific principles.
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With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of government health policy.
When the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new requirement for placebo testing on all new vaccines last week, the agency suggested the move would help protect consumers.
New FDA framework on changes coronavirus vaccine approval will be released “in the coming days,” FDA Commissioner Marty Makary said Thursday.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has downplayed the deadly spread and promoted a range of unproven treatments.
Data shows that the two-dose measles vaccine is 97% effective at preventing measles and experts say protection doesn’t wane.
A coalition of autism scientists has formed to counter RFK, Jr.’s misrepresentations of science and of autism spectrum disorder
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