Opinion: The U.S. government is failing on vaccine policy. The Vaccine Integrity Project is here to help
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Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services floated new standards<\/a> for vaccine approvals, rescinded<\/a> longstanding Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women, and fired<\/a> all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s vaccine advisory committee. These actions represent a significant shift in the federal government\u2019s approach to vaccine policy and the safeguarding of the public\u2019s health.<\/p>\n The Vaccine Integrity Project<\/a>, launched in April by the University of Minnesota\u2019s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, anticipated this trajectory<\/a> and the risks posed to the widely shared goal of protecting people from vaccine-preventable diseases. Its mission is simple and urgent: to ensure that vaccine use in the United States remains grounded in the best available evidence and focused squarely on protecting the public.<\/p>\n