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HHS revives child vaccine safety panel sought by anti-vaccine activists

Anti-vaccine activists funded a May lawsuit to reconvene the defunct Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and scrutinize the childhood immunization schedule.

by Washington Post | August 14, 2025
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“I am concerned that bringing this committee back implies to the public that we have not been looking at vaccine safety,” said David Higgins, a pediatrician and preventive medicine specialist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. “The reality is, we evaluate the safety of vaccines more than any other medication, medical intervention, or supplements available.”