Can RFK Jr. take COVID vaccines off the market? Here’s what vaccine law experts say Politics Aug 31, 2025 2:53 PM EDT

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact .

A single-source news report that said Trump administration officials plan to take COVID-19 vaccines off the market prompted fresh questions about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s power over vaccines.

The Daily Beast reported Aug. 25 that “a decision to remove the (COVID-19) vaccine from the U.S. market pending further research will come ‘within months,’” citing British cardiologist Dr. Aseem Malhotra. Malhotra is chief medical adviser at Make America Healthy Again Action — an advocacy group run by longtime Kennedy allies . In July, the group launched an advertising campaig

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