Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, will now require placebo testing for “all new vaccines.” “All new vaccines will ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to shift the way vaccines are tested, a move that the agency said will increase transparency but that medical experts fear could ...

The Department of Health and Human Services says it will require new vaccines to be tested against a placebo, which could complicate and delay Food and Drug Administration approval of many vaccines.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduces change in vaccine testing requiring placebo-controlled trials for new vaccines.

President Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives for his Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on Jan. 29, 2025. (Greg Nash/The Hill) ...

The administration will require all new vaccines to be tested against an inert substance known as a placebo before they can be made available, which is a "radical departure from past practices," ...

Posted: May 1, 2025 / 01:23 PM CDT Updated: May 2, 2025 / 06:43 AM CDT (The Hill) – Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is changing the way vaccines are tested.