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RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challenges

  • Written by Anna Kirkland, Professor of Women's and Gender Studies, University of Michigan
RFK Jr.’s plans to overhaul ‘vaccine court’ system would face legal and scientific challengesThe Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was established in 1986 by an act of Congress. MarsBars/iStock via Getty Images Plus

For almost 40 years, people who suspect they’ve been harmed by a vaccine have been able to turn to a little-known system called the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program – often simply called the vaccine court.

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