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Exhibit 004

ICAN complaint alleging that the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines was disbanded in 1998

Exhibit 004 ยท Agency statement

ICAN complaint alleging that the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines was disbanded in 1998

The plaintiffs' complaint in ICAN and Institute for Autism Science v. Becerra, No. 1:21-cv-04134 (S.D.N.Y., filed 7 May 2021), alleges that the Task Force required by 42 U.S.C. 300aa-27(b) was disbanded in 1998 and that the Secretary has not prepared or filed a biennial vaccine safety report. The attached citizen petition repeats that 'HHS finally admitted that the Task Force was disbanded in 1998.' No HHS document in the file states the date.

Source
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as quoted in later litigation
Date
7 May 2021
Grade
Reported
Document
https://www.sirillp.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/001-Complaint-with-Exhibits.pdf
Accessed
2026-11-09
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit
Note
Plaintiffs' allegation.

Cited by

Finding MED-3.8
Primary record The 1986 Act required HHS to report to Congress periodically, each report covering the preceding two years, on its work toward safer childhood vaccines. In 2018 HHS had no record of any such report.