Senators Bash RFK Jr. on Changes to Vaccine Injury Committee

Four Senate Democrats are pushing US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to detail his plans for revamping how the federal government compensates people who are harmed by vaccines, as well as how he, his family and associates will benefit from the change.

On Tuesday, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland sent Kennedy a letter highlighting his ties to a law firm that represents people suing the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. who claim they were harmed by the company’s HPV vaccine Gardasil. The senators said those ties will benefit Kennedy, particularly if he’s able to change policy to make it easier for people to sue vaccine makers.