HHS Responds After Claim Officials Approved Moderna Vaccine While RFK Jr. Was on Vacation

‘For legal and scientific integrity purposes, all FDA product decisions are made at the FDA level,’ a spokesperson said.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington in an undated file photograph. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was not supposed to be apprised ahead of time of the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to expand its approval of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said in response to reports that officials approved the vaccine without Kennedy’s knowledge.

“For legal and scientific integrity purposes, all FDA product decisions are made at the FDA level. The HHS Secretary and his immediate office are not briefed on product decisions before they are announced,” a spokesperson for HHS told The Epoch Times in an email on July 21.