RFK Jr. takes aim at COVID shots for kids, worrying vaccine experts

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RFK Jr. takes aim at COVID shots for kids, worrying vaccine experts

Senior leaders at the US Food and Drug Administration began pushing Moderna and Pfizer to file for full, formal approval of their COVID vaccines for children last summer. The conversations gained urgency after President Donald Trump was reelected, and climbed higher when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine critic, became the nation’s top health official.It wasn’t enough. By the time the applications were in hand at the agency, FDA employee departures had begun, slowing the work, according to a person familiar with the process who wasn’t authorized to speak about it. They are still under review, as the number of ..