Florida Senate Advances Bill Allowing Vaccine Manufacturers to Be Sued in State Court
Florida lawmakers are moving legislation that would allow individuals injured by vaccines to sue manufacturers in Florida state courts. The bill passed a Senate committee with a 5-3 vote in January and is advancing through the legislative process.1 If passed, this legislation would mark a departure from decades of product liability immunity that has largely […]
Autism Symptoms Could Be Added to U.S. Vaccine Injury Program
On July 28, 2025, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said he planned to overhaul the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP. In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced it may add certain symptoms of autism to the official list of vaccine side effects eligible for […]
FDA Questions Safety of Giving Multiple Vaccines at Once
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is re-evaluating the long-standing federal vaccine use policy that allows multiple vaccines to be given during the same visit—particularly COVID-19, influenza and RSV shots. In a memo last month, Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), wrote that the agency […]
U.S. Government Will Revive 1990s-Era Childhood Vaccine Safety Task Force
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced on Aug. 14, 2025 that it would be reviving a Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines that was created under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 but was disbanded in 1998. The task force was “a federal panel created by Congress to improve […]
Study Calls for Genetic Screening Before Infants Get Vaccinated
A new peer-reviewed study published in the International Journal of Medical Sciences suggests that genetic differences in how infants metabolize vaccine ingredients may play a critical and previously underrecognized role in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)—the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year old. The authors of the study, published on Apr. […]
Iowa Bill Advances Requiring Drug Companies to Waive Immunity from Design Defect Vaccine Injury Lawsuits
An Iowa House of Representatives subcommittee advanced a bill that would prevent the sale, distribution and administration of vaccines in the state unless vaccine manufacturers have waived immunity from being sued in civil court for product design defect. The bill requires drug companies to waive immunity from vaccine design defect claims even though blanket immunity […]