Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended multiple vaccine programs.
Kennedy stopped Millions of dollars in projects Create new Covid-19 vaccines and food and drug administration in pill form Tuesday Cancel The advisory committee said Wednesday it updated its flu vaccine for next season.
The Covid project, a $460 million contract with Vaxart to develop a new Covid vaccine in the form of a pharmaceutical, is scheduled to begin clinical trials on Monday. Of these, it is reported that US$240 million has been authorized for preliminary research.
“Although the department is crucial [of] Health and public services support the pandemic preparations, and the Biden administration’s failed four-year oversight has been necessary to review vaccine production agreements including vaxart,” Kennedy said. Fox News.
Kennedy added: “I look forward to working with Vaxart and medical experts to ensure this work can produce safe, effective and financially financial vaccine technology.”
Meanwhile, the FDA’s Vaccine and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) is scheduled to meet in March to discuss the strains that will be included in the next season of the flu vaccine, but federal officials told the committee in an email Wednesday that it said in an email Wednesday that it had cancelled the meeting, Paul Offit, director of the Center for Vaccine Education at the Children’s Hospital at Paul Off Phiradelphia.
Offit tells NBC News According to the season, no cancellation of the annual spring meeting, which was in the middle of the flu season. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“I’m shocked. As you know, VRBPAC is crucial for the next flu vaccine season to be the strain choice decision.” Last week, the upcoming CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee meeting was It was also postponed.
These moves convey a disturbing message, Kennedy’s Anti-vaccine Opinions begin to affect health policy. On Wednesday, the secretary already had a Shocking, cold reaction The first American to die of measles in a decade. Now, as long as President Trump and Kennedy are in the administration, U.S. public health efforts seem to suffer serious setbacks.
