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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
imageThe 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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