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N.I.H. Hospital Board Rebukes Kennedy Over New Vaccine Injury Clinic
The New York Times • • health
Key Points:
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) research hospital board unanimously criticized Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for undermining trust in science and politicizing the hospital’s work during his recent unannounced visit.
- Board chairman Jack Leslie expressed concern over Kennedy’s ribbon-cutting for a new vaccine injury clinic and a roundtable with patients claiming vaccine injuries, fearing the event suggested a predetermined outcome.
- Leslie emphasized that while serious vaccine injuries are rare and require rigorous study, Kennedy’s public framing risks damaging the credibility of the research regardless of its findings.
- The board highlighted that the NIH’s clinical center depends on public trust that research is unbiased and aimed at discovering truth, warning that Kennedy’s approach threatens this essential confidence.
