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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is canceling funding for research into vaccine hesitancy.
“It is the policy of NIH not to prioritize research activities that focuses gaining scientific knowledge on why individuals are hesitant to be vaccinated and/or explore ways to improve vaccine interest and commitment,” says an internal NIH email obtained by Science and The Washington Post.
Donald Trump tapped anti-vax crusader Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has spread disinformation falsely linking vaccines to autism, to lead the Department of Health and Human Services that houses NIH.
NIH to ax grants on vaccine hesitancy, mRNA vaccines
[science.org]
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