RFK Jr says he’ll ‘fix’ a vaccine program - by canceling compensation for people with vaccine injuries

RFK Jr says he’ll ‘fix’ a vaccine program - by canceling compensation for people with vaccine injuries

Curated from US news | The Guardian — Here’s what matters right now:

Changes to an injury compensation program could make it hard to keep vaccines on the market – or make new ones While unrest and new vaccine restrictions have kept US health agencies in headlines, there’s one vaccine program in particular that Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently vowed to “fix”, which experts say could further upend the vaccine industry and prevent people experiencing rare side effects from vaccines from getting financial help. While some changes to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), which compensates people who suffer very rare side effects from vaccination, must come from Congress, Kennedy could take several actions to reshape or affect the program’s operations. Continue reading...

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Original reporting: US news | The Guardian

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