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New AI Tool Aims to Enhance Vaccine Safety Monitoring

2/4/2026

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is building an AI tool to analyze vaccine monitoring data and propose side-effect hypotheses.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has altered childhood vaccination schedules and criticized the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) for suppressing side-effect information.
Experts say VAERS data alone cannot confirm adverse events and should be combined with other data sources.

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is building an AI tool to analyze vaccine monitoring data and propose side-effect hypotheses.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has altered childhood vaccination schedules and criticized the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) for suppressing side-effect information.
Experts say VAERS data alone cannot confirm adverse events and should be combined with other data sources.