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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a sweeping federal initiative, including a new clinic at the National Institutes of Health, aimed at studying and documenting alleged vaccine injuries. The move is part of a broader administration push on vaccine safety that critics describe as part of an anti-vaccine agenda. Public health advocates have criticized the initiative as lending credibility to unsubstantiated vaccine injury claims, while the administration frames it as providing overdue scientific scrutiny of vaccine safety.