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 profitThe 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 vaccine “injury” research center at the National Institutes of Health and has sought to reshape the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) – actions that point to Kennedy’s longtime activism against vaccination as well as the profits he and his network have made from vaccine lawsuits. Continue reading...