Robert F. Kennedy Jr will require all new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, WaPo reports

(Reuters) -U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr intends to displacement the mode vaccines are tested, The Washington Post reported connected Wednesday, citing a spokesperson from the HHS.

The imaginable alteration would necessitate each caller vaccines to acquisition placebo investigating - a process successful which immoderate radical person the vaccine and others person an inert substance - earlier the results are compared, the insubstantial said.

"All caller vaccines volition acquisition information investigating successful placebo-controlled trials anterior to licensure — a extremist departure from past practices," a HHS spokesperson told The Washington Post.

The section did not clarify however the alteration would beryllium implemented and for which vaccines the investigating would apply, the insubstantial said.

The HHS did not instantly respond to a Reuters petition for remark extracurricular regular concern hours.

(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi successful Bengaluru; Editing by Stephen Coates)