Top US medical body to review vaccine effectiveness as government ‘abdicates’ responsibility

AMA to review safety of respiratory vaccines as health agencies end recommendations based on no new data

The largest medical organization in the US will help conduct a review on the safety and effectiveness of respiratory vaccines as federal health agencies and advisers end vaccine recommendations based on no new information.

They are filling a void that the government created," Ezekiel Emanuel, vice-provost for global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, told journalists on Tuesday.