RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries
Summary
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services launched a new program to study and support people who report health issues after vaccination. This includes a new NIH clinic, plans to pay doctors for reporting vaccine injuries to a federal system, improvements to the reporting system, and adding vaccine injury information to electronic health records.Key Facts
- A new clinic at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) opened on October 5 to study and care for patients with health problems after vaccination.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Health Secretary, attended the clinic’s ribbon-cutting with Trump administration officials, though this was not publicly announced at the time.
- The program proposes paying doctors to report possible vaccine injuries to VAERS, a federal vaccine safety monitoring system.
- VAERS accepts reports from anyone but most reports are not confirmed as linked to vaccines after review by the CDC.
- The federal government plans to improve VAERS by making it easier to use, including mobile access for healthcare providers.
- Nearly $1 million was awarded to SPN Solutions Inc. to help develop the upgraded VAERS system.
- Vaccine injury data will be added to electronic health records through federal health IT standards, to give doctors fuller patient information.
- The initiative aims to better listen to patients reporting vaccine injuries and use data to improve vaccine safety.
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