Trump administration unfreezes $600M for Gavi global vaccine effort

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would release $600 million in funding appropriated by Congress to an immunization program that serves children in poor countries.  The move is a reversal of a decision last year from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to halt U.S. funding to Ge

The Trump administration said on Wednesday it will immediately release $600 million in congressionally appropriated funds ​for vaccines for the world's poorest countries after Washington withheld the money ‌over unsubstantiated safety concerns raised by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Gavi has embarked on a series of cost-cutting measures after Washington withheld the money.