US Edition
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.
52 Articles
52 Articles
InsideNoVA.com
Under pressure, RFK Jr. brings back childhood vaccine safety committee
(The Center Square) – U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Thursday the reinstatement of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, the day before he had to respond to a lawsuit over his alleged…
RFK Jr.’s HHS re-establishes childhood vaccine safety task force after pressure from his former anti-vaccine advocacy group
The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development, distribution and monitoring.
MedPage Today
Anti-Aging, Acupuncture and Health NewsRFK Jr. Revives Dormant Vaccine Safety Task Force
(MedPage Today) -- HHS is reviving a task force on childhood vaccine safety that ended its work almost 30 years ago, appeasing an anti-vaccine group founded by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines will, in...
HHS Revives Vaccine Task Force After Lawsuit - The Thinking Conservative
HHS is reviving task force to improve vaccines, after facing a lawsuit funded by Children’s Health Defense, which Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used to chair. The post HHS Revives Vaccine Task Force After Lawsuit appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 44% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
