Forbes August 27, 2025
Judy Stone

The FDA announced on Wednesday the new plan for Covid vaccine boosters. As per his pattern, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, made the announcement on X (formerly known as Twitter), saying:

“I promised 4 things:

1. to end covid vaccine mandates.

2. to keep vaccines available to people who want them,⁠1 especially the vulnerable.

3. to demand placebo-controlled trials from companies.

4. to end the emergency.

In a series of FDA actions today we accomplished all four goals.”

Today’s announcement follows what some suspected was a trial balloon with the Daily Beast reporting earlier this week that Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a British cardiologist who is reportedly a close associate of Kennedy, Jr....

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Topics: FDA, Govt Agencies, Healthcare System, HHS, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Public Health / COVID
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