US EditionWhy Requiring Placebo-Controlled Trials For New Vaccines Could Harm Americans
- The Department of Health and Human Services in the United States has introduced a new mandate requiring placebo-controlled clinical trials for all newly developed vaccines, impacting updates such as Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine.
- This policy stems partly from concerns about vaccine safety transparency, though public health experts note that many childhood vaccines were already tested with placebos.
- Experts warn that placebo trials for modest vaccine updates may delay availability and are considered unethical when withholding established vaccines from control groups.
- Dr. Lurie said requiring placebo tests for minor vaccine upgrades could be costly and cause manufacturers to abandon improved vaccines, risking health consequences for millions.
- The new trial mandate may slow critical vaccine rollout during peak seasons and increase public skepticism due to mixed messages, potentially harming overall vaccination rates.
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HHS Advances Kennedy's Old 'Placebo' Vaccine Safety Claims
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long history of undermining confidence in vaccine safety, including by repeatedly claiming that vaccines are not tested in placebo-controlled trials, a familiar anti-vaccine trope. Now, an HHS spokesperson has used similar language in a statement that falsely said there’s little available evidence on whether vaccines ar…
NY Daily News
Grand Haven TribuneMerchant of measles: RFK Jr. must stop his anti-vaccine actions
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing whatever he can to undermine public health. Last week, he ordered his department to undertake a search for alternative measles treatments as the disease surges around the country, which came as a surprise to the many epidemiologists, doctors and others who are aware of the measles vaccine’s extreme effectiveness. This came immediately after Kennedy announced that the department w…
MyCentralOregon.com
RFK Jr. calls for 'new' vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
(ER Productions Limited/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” The policy change would force vaccines, in order to be approved for human use, to undergo studies in which half of individuals in a study receive a placebo – typically a saline shot – to compare …
Todayville
LifeSiteNewsRFK Jr. orders placebo safety trials for all new vaccines in major policy decision
From LifeSiteNews By Emily Mangiaracina Placebo trials are critical for determining a new drug’s safety and identifying side effects, but vaccines have been exempt from the requirement for such safety testing until now. All new vaccines will be required to undergo placebo-controlled safety trials by the order of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in a break with longstanding establishment policy and…
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