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Kennedy faces anti-vaccine anger over hantavirus treatment legal protections

Kennedy faces anti-vaccine anger over hantavirus treatment legal protections

Health Care News – Read More Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pushed back on criticism from some “Make America Healthy Again” activists after he extended liability protections for drugmakers working to develop treatments for the Andes hantavirus strain.  The HHS late last week extended legal protections through July 18 to manufacturers and distributors of the experimental antiviral drug favipiravir as a potential treatment.   Kennedy signed a Public Readiness… 

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