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A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson called the move "a radical departure from past practices."
The potential change outlined in a statement would require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, sparking concerns among medical experts.
With a demand that vaccine boosters be tested against placebos, RFK Jr. puts an old antivaccine claim at the forefront of government health policy.
The administration will require all new vaccines to be tested against an inert substance known as a placebo before they ... a spokesman for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and ...
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.