RFK Jr. Resurrects Decades-Old Vaccine Safety Task Force (1)

The Department of Health and Human Services is resurrecting a decades-old vaccine safety task force, the agency announced Thursday.

It’s a full-circle moment for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who claimed after the 2016 election that President Donald Trump had asked him to chair a “commission on vaccine safety and scientific integrity” following a meeting at Trump Tower. During Trump’s first term, that promise fell by the wayside and the panel didn’t come to fruition.

The revival of the task force is the latest step Kennedy has taken to put his stamp on the processes to approve, recommend ...