疫苗安全专家表示，更多研究疫苗副作用将受到欢迎，但他们质疑卫生部长的这一举措是否基于科学。
Vaccine safety experts say more research into the side effects would be welcome yet question whether the health secretary’s effort will be grounded in science.
长期以来一直质疑疫苗安全性的卫生部长罗伯特·F·肯尼迪(Jr.)正计划展开一项广泛的联邦行动，以应对疫苗伤害事件，包括在国立卫生研究院(NIH)设立一家新的研究诊所，以及新增一项医疗结算代码，用于补偿医生报告严重疫苗副作用的信息。这是据了解该计划的多名人士透露的。
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long questioned the safety of vaccines, is planning a broad federal effort to address vaccine injuries, including a new research clinic at the National Institutes of Health and a new billing code to reimburse doctors for filing reports of serious vaccine side effects, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative.
肯尼迪先生在本周早些时候率领其他高级卫生官员对马里兰州贝塞达的NIH进行了一次未公开的访问——这是他担任部长后的首次该机构访问，并在访问期间会见了一些认为自己遭受疫苗伤害的病人。知情人士要求匿名，因为他们未被授权公开讨论此事。
Mr. Kennedy talked about the initiative when he and other top health officials made an unannounced visit to the N.I.H. in Bethesda, Md., earlier this week — his first trip there as secretary — to meet with patients who believe they have been injured by vaccines, according to the people, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it.
卫生与人类服务部官员未回应有关该计划的置评请求。NIH院长贾·布哈特查克拉博士的发言人拒绝评论。该计划的一些细节此前已被彭博社报道。
Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services did not respond to requests for comment about the initiative. A spokesman for Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, declined comment. Some details of the initiative were earlier reported by Bloomberg.
肯尼迪先生将政府资源集中于疫苗伤害问题的努力，正值疫苗可预防疾病（包括麻疹）因接种率下降而在美国激增之时。
Mr. Kennedy’s efforts to focus government resources on vaccine injuries comes as vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles, are rising in the United States because of falling vaccination rates.
与所有药品一样，疫苗也会引起副作用，但公共卫生专家表示，对大多数人而言，疫苗的益处远远超过风险。世界卫生组织在2024年估计，全球免疫接种工作在过去半个世纪中拯救了1.54亿条生命。疫苗彻底根除了天花病，并使脊髓灰质病毒基本上成为了历史。
Like all drugs, vaccines cause side effects, but public health experts say the benefits far outweigh the risks for most people. The World Health Organization estimated in 2024 that global immunization efforts have saved 154 million lives over the past half-century. Vaccines have wiped out smallpox and mostly relegated polio to the history books.
尽管受伤事件很少，但疫苗专家普遍支持密切监测和继续研究副作用。然而，许多人对肯尼迪先生的动机持谨慎态度，他们表示，直到了解到该计划的更多细节，否则无法判断这是否是一个合法的科学行为。
Although injuries are rare, vaccine experts generally support close monitoring and continued study of side effects. Many are wary of Mr. Kennedy’s motivations, however, and they say that until more details of the initiative are known, it is impossible to say whether or not it will be a legitimate exercise in science.