HHS revives task force on childhood vaccine safety

The Department of Health and Human Services is reviving the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, disbanded since 1998, to enhance vaccine safety and oversight, with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya as chairman. This move follows controversial actions by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including significant budget cuts to vaccine programs and changes in advisory committees, raising concerns among public health experts about his anti-vaccine stance.

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