Without Evidence, FDA Senior Scientist Claims COVID-19 Vaccines Killed Children In Leaked Memo – 12 Former FDA Heads Issue Scathing Response

In a leaked memo sent to staff on Black Friday, November 28, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) – a branch of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – called for significant changes to vaccine policy on the basis that “at least 10 children” had allegedly been found to have died due to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. A claim former FDA commissioners have criticized as unsubstantiated. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The memo, republished in full by BioCentury , was addressed to “Team CBER” and was sent by Vinayak (Vinay) Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist who was appointed as head of the CBER in May 2025 – barring a two-week period in late July/early August when he briefly stepped do