RFK Jr. unveils sweeping federal initiative to find evidence of vaccine injuries

What happened

Despite only being announced today, the clinic actually opened October 5, and Kennedy secretly attended its ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside other high-level Trump administration officials. "[T]he Trump-RFK Jr anti-vax agenda keeps getting more corrupt and dangerous."

Kennedy Jr., the federal health department is undertaking an agency-wide effort to focus on injuries claimed to be related to vaccines. In a press announcement Thursday , the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) laid out four aspects of the large-scale initiative.

The first is a new clinic at the National Institutes of Health that is "dedicated to studying and caring for patients experiencing health problems following vaccination." Anyone, including members of the public, can submit an unvetted report.

Key facts

• Despite only being — announced: today, the clinic actually opened October 5, and Kennedy secretly attended its ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside other high-level Trump administration officials