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US health chief Kennedy targets vaccine injury compensation program
- On July 28, 2025, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine critic, vowed to 'fix' the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, working with the Justice Department to overhaul the system he described as fundamentally broken.
- Long before his HHS nomination, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, said he was asked to chair a “vaccine safety” commission on January 10, 2017, and founded the Children’s Health Defense to challenge the VICP.
- Kennedy alleged that the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program 'has devolved into a morass of inefficiency, favoritism, and outright corruption,' criticizing special masters as 'notoriously biased' and saying the system now prioritizes the HHS Trust Fund's solvency.
- In June, Kennedy dismissed all 7 members of the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, replacing them with eight skeptics, prompting Fiona Havers to resign, warning of risks.
- Kennedy announced the U.S. will stop funding GAVI until vaccine safety is taken “seriously” and paid $150,000 to an Arizona law firm for expertise, despite its lawsuits against vaccine manufacturers.
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Robert Kennedy Jr Blasts Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: 'Devolved Into A Morass Of Inefficiency, Favoritism, And Outright Corruption' - iShares U.S. Pharmaceutical ETF (ARCA:IHE), BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX)
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pledging a major overhaul of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), describing the system as fundamentally broken and failing its intended purpose.
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RFK Jr. lashes out at vaccine injury program, pledges changes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Monday he is working to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which is aimed at compensating people who have been injured by vaccines. “The VICP is broken, and I intend to fix it. I will not allow the VICP to continue to ignore its…
US Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said today that he will work to "fix" the program that compensates victims of vaccine injuries, under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).
'Idiocy': Experts sound off on RFK's plan to blow up major vaccine program
In his latest shakeup to health policy in the United States, President Donald Trump's Secretary of Health and Human Services, notorious tanti-vaccine conspiracy theorist Robert F. Kennedy Jr., announced his plan to make major changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, claiming in a lengthy ...
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