Overview

• The Make America Healthy Again Commission report on childhood illness contained fabricated and erroneous citations, prompting immediate White House corrections.
• Kennedy’s removal of COVID-19 shots for healthy children and pregnant women from the CDC-recommended schedule drew conflicting responses from the agency days later.
• HHS revoked hundreds of millions in Moderna funding for pandemic flu mRNA vaccine development amid safety concerns over ‘under-tested’ technology.
• Key vaccine decisions have bypassed the CDC’s independent advisory panel, stoking criticism over the concentration of decision-making power.
• Experts such as Georges Benjamin and Michael Osterholm caution that inconsistent policies and limited supporting evidence could undermine vaccine access and public trust.