Trump administration planning to reimburse doctors treating vaccine ‘injury’
The Guardian reports that the Trump administration is finalizing a rule to reimburse doctors who diagnose, treat and counsel patients with side effects from vaccines. According to the outlet, experts believe the move is an attempt to undermine trust in vaccines and build an evidence base on their purported risks, and they warn that the changes elevate health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr's anti-vaccine agenda and personal profit. The Guardian also reports that Kennedy announced the creation of a new initiative, though the excerpt provided cuts off before naming it.
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Trump administration planning to reimburse doctors treating vaccine ‘injury’
Experts warn that sweeping changes elevate health secretary RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda and personal profit The Trump administration is finalizing a rule to reimburse doctors who diagnose, treat and counsel patients with side effects from vaccines in what experts believe is an attempt to undermine trust in vaccines and to create an evidence base on their purported risks. Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), also announced the creation of a
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