Former FDA leaders criticize proposed changes to vaccine policy

WASHINGTON — A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — appointed by Republicans and Democrats alike — issued a scathing denunciation of new FDA assertions casting doubt on vaccine safety.

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A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety

They said in an editorial published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine that it “will upend core policies governing vaccine development and updates"

The internal memo by vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad claimed without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines caused 10 children’s deaths and proposed changes at the agency

It comes at a time when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr