Concerned about US vaccine misinformation and access, public health experts start Vaccine Integrity Project

The Vaccine Integrity Project, led by Dr. Michael Osterholm of the University of Minnesota, will consider what’s needed to safeguard vaccine policy and use in the US. Photo by Jerry Holt / Star Tribune / Getty Images

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Concerned that the nation’s health leadership is casting unfounded doubt on the safety of well-studied vaccines and may take action to curb their use, a group of public health experts is working to put pieces in place to respond.

The initiative, the Vaccine Integrity Project, will be funded by a foundation backed by Walmart heiress Christy Walton and has a steering committee helmed by former US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg and former National Academy of Medicine President Dr. Harvey Fineberg, said Dr. Michael Osterholm, who is leading the initiative and who serves as director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

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