Biden’s HHS Rescinds Trump-Era Vaccine Injury Payment Rule (1)

The HHS on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era rule that would have made it more difficult for people who suffer shoulder injuries or faint after vaccination to get compensated.

The Department of Health and Human Services accepted comment for 30 days before withdrawing the rule. Comments have been largely in opposition to the change, which removed vaccine-related shoulder harm and fainting from a list of injuries for which people are entitled to payment under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.

The HHS under President Donald Trump issued the rule (RIN 0906-AB24) one day before President Joe Biden took office, and it ...