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SUMMARY:Vaccine injury compensation in the U.S.: Current practices and future prospects
DESCRIPTION:The U.S. has relied on the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program since 1986 to ensure that individuals who have experienced a verified injury related to a vaccine have an opportunity to receive compensation without the difficulties and legal fees of pursuing individual litigation against companies or healthcare institutions that likely would not succeed with the high burden of proof needed in such cases.  \n\n\n\nRecent announcements from the HHS and statements by HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr.\, however\, suggest he may try to make substantial changes to the program that may threaten petitioners’ ability to receive appropriate compensation or threaten vaccine production and supply in ways similar to those that led to the program’s development. Hear from experts how the U.S. vaccine court came about\, how the program works from both the petitioner’s and the government’s sides\, how changes might affect vaccine supply and access\, and what might result from different potential changes to the program.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerator\n\n\n\n\nTara Haelle\n\n\n\nAHCJ Health Beat Leader for Infectious Diseases and Medical StudiesTara Haelle is AHCJ’s health beat leader for infectious diseases and medical studies. She’s an independent science/health journalist\, author\, speaker\, and photographer. Her work has appeared in the National Geographic\, Scientific American\, Texas Monthly\, Science News\, Medscape/WebMD\, The New York Times\, Wired\, and O Magazine\, among others. She specializes in public health and medical research\, particularly vaccines\, infectious disease\, maternal and pediatric health\, mental health\, healthcare disparities\, and misinformation. She also covers medical research conferences and edits Long COVID Connection on Medium. Haelle earned a master’s in photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin\, and her images have appeared in Texas Monthly\, NPR\, the\, Chicago Sun-Times and elsewhere. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnna Kirkland\, J.D.\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\nKim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies\, University of Michigan \n\n\n\nAnna Kirkland\, J.D.\, Ph.D.\, is the Kim Lane Scheppele Collegiate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan. She is also an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor. She received her law degree (2001) and Ph.D in Jurisprudence and Social Policy (2003) from the University of California\, Berkeley. She holds courtesy appointments with the School of Law\, Sociology\, Political Science\, and Health Management and Policy at Michigan. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Prof. Kirkland is a member of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and served as a committee member on the 2018 National Academies panel charged with studying sexual harassment in the STEM fields of academia. Prof. Kirkland is the author of several books including Vaccine Court: The Law and Politics of Injury (New York University Press\, 2016)\, along with multiple journal articles about vaccine injury compensation.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Milmoe\, J.D.\n\n\n\nPartner\, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant & AssociatesMichael P. Milmoe currently represents vaccine-injured petitioners at the Law Offices of Leah V. Durant\, LLC\, in Washington\, D.C. where he has been a Senior Partner since 2017. Prior to becoming a petitioner’s attorney\, he worked at the Department of Justice for 31 years\, 28 of which were spent as an attorney in the Vaccine Litigation Section of the Civil Division where he defended Vaccine Program cases. Upon graduation from law school\, Mr. Milmoe came to the Department of Justice as an Honors Program Attorney in 1986. He was the first attorney hired into the Civil Division’s then newly created Office of Vaccine Litigation in 1988\, the same year the Vaccine Act became effective. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWalter Orenstein\, M.D.\n\n\n\nProfessor Emeritus of Medicine\, Pediatrics\, Epidemiology and Global Health\, Emory UniversityWalter A Orenstein\, MD\, DSc (Hon) is Professor Emeritus of Medicine\, Pediatrics\, Epidemiology\, and Global Health at Emory University. He is also the Director of OrensteinVax\, LLC\, a consulting firm. Dr. Orenstein worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 26 years and was the Director of the United States Immunization Program for 16 years (1988-2004). He has co-edited the standard textbook in Vaccinology\, Plotkin’s Vaccines for the last 6 editions. His work has focused on developing and implementing vaccination policies especially with regard to polio eradication and measles elimination.
URL:https://healthjournalism.org/vaccine-injury-compensation-in-the-u-s-current-practices-and-future-prospects/
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