Congress Cites Inside Medicine in Letter to Secretary Kennedy

A congressional committee cited Inside Medicine in a formal communiqué to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The citation recognizes Dr. Jeremy Faust's original reporting on a CDC-censored COVID-19 vaccine study, first reported on Inside Medicine on April 27, 2026.

From: The United States Congress Committee on Energy and Commerce

To: The Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

May 6, 2026

The study, titled Interim Effectiveness of 2025-2026 COVID-19 Vaccines in Adults, was originally slated to be published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on March 19, 2026. Id.; Exclusive: Here’s the COVID-19 Vaccine Paper the CDC Censored, Inside Medicine (Apr. 27, 2026).

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Though the study’s findings align with years of scientific evidence and standard MMWR methodology, Dr. Bhattacharya dismissed it as unreliable. Exclusive: Here’s the COVID-19 Vaccine Paper the CDC Censored, Inside Medicine (Apr. 27, 2026)

Signed by Frank Pallone, Jr., Diana DeGette, and Yvette D. Clarke

cc: The Honorable Brett Guthrie, Chairman. The Honorable H. Morgan Griffith, Chairman, Subcommittee on Health. The Honorable John Joyce, Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.