US Health Secretary Kennedy Launches New Initiative to Study and Document Vaccine Injuries

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched an agency-wide effort to study and document health problems reported after vaccination. This initiative includes opening a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinic to treat and study patients reporting post-vaccination health issues, a proposal for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse physicians for reporting suspected injuries to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), and a CDC effort to update VAERS. The Department of Health and Human Services announced this move, which comes amid ongoing legal challenges to Kennedy's attempts to alter childhood vaccination schedules.