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Report Claims Trump Team Weighs Pulling COVID Vaccines Within Months

The White House calls the talk baseless speculation, saying decisions will follow “gold standard” science.

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US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks before the signing an executive order restarting the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 31, 2025.
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Overview

  • British cardiologist Aseem Malhotra, a close ally of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told The Daily Beast the administration may seek to remove COVID-19 shots from the U.S. market “within months.”
  • Malhotra says he plans to brief President Trump in September and points to a disputed 2022 Vaccine journal analysis of “excess serious adverse events” as the basis for the push.
  • The White House responded that any discussion of such a move is baseless speculation and reaffirmed reliance on rigorous scientific evidence for health policy.
  • Legal and regulatory experts emphasize that a president cannot unilaterally withdraw licensed vaccines, noting the FDA’s authority and the likelihood of court challenges.
  • Beyond the rumor, HHS has already ended roughly $500 million across 22 mRNA vaccine projects and reworked vaccine advisory and recommendation policies, prompting a public letter of protest from more than 750 current and former CDC, HHS, and NIH staff.