Childhood Vaccine Injuries Group to Meet Under Kennedy Pressure

A little-known committee that suggests modifications to the US vaccine injury compensation program is scheduled to meet in late December, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. indicated he wants changes.

The Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines will convene Dec. 29, its first gathering in more than a year, according to a notice posted on the Federal Register. No votes are expected to take place, the notice said. The group tracks the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which shields companies from most lawsuits related to harm caused by immunizations. It maintains a fund to pay people who ...