Robert F Kennedy Jr speaks while standing next to Donald Trump
Robert F Kennedy Jr and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on 10 August 2026. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Robert F Kennedy Jr and Donald Trump in the Oval Office on 10 August 2026. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images
Trump administration planning to reimburse doctors treating vaccine ‘injury’

Experts warn that sweeping changes elevate health secretary RFK Jr’s anti-vaccine agenda and personal profit

The Trump administration is finalizing a rule to reimburse doctors who diagnose, treat and counsel patients with side effects from vaccines in what experts believe is an attempt to undermine trust in vaccines and to create an evidence base on their purported risks.