RFK Jr.’s vaccine injury clinic could damage NIH hospital, board warns
Summary
The board overseeing the NIH Clinical Center warned that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent vaccine injury clinic event could harm the hospital’s reputation. The clinic is still under scientific and ethical review and does not have extra funding or space, and experts say political messages risk undermining public trust in vaccine research.Key Facts
- Jack Leslie, board chair of the NIH Clinical Center, criticized Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for a ribbon-cutting event for his vaccine injury clinic.
- The event included patients labeled as “vaccine injured” and appeared political, which concerned the board.
- NIH already has a center studying vaccine injuries, and Kennedy’s clinic is a new protocol under review, not a fully separate clinic.
- Hospital CEO Jonathan Green confirmed the protocol still needs scientific and ethical approval.
- Leslie said vaccines’ serious side effects are rare but real and that such cases deserve respect and proper study.
- Leslie warned that political messaging could make results from the clinic less trusted by the public and medical community.
- The NIH Clinical Center depends on public confidence that its research aims to find facts, not support pre-decided conclusions.
- The board unanimously supported Leslie’s statement condemning the political nature of Kennedy’s event.
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