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PSI Chairman Johnson to Secretary Kennedy: HHS Must Speed Up Production of Relevant Records on COVID-19 Vaccines

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This press release from Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) was published on 2026-05-12 and titled "PSI Chairman Johnson to Secretary Kennedy: HHS Must Speed Up Production of Relevant Records on COVID-19 Vaccines".

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PSI Chairman Johnson to Secretary Kennedy: HHS Must Speed Up Production of Relevant Records on COVID-19 Vaccines

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ("PSI" or "the Subcommittee"), sent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), a letter calling for the immediate production of records relating to pediatric deaths following COVID-19 vaccination. In response to Chairman Johnson's December 15, 2025 letter about an internal Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") document acknowledging that the COVID-19 vaccines led to the death of at least 10 children, HHS produced another internal memorandum containing more information about pediatric deaths. This December 5, 2025 FDA memorandum described 96 pediatric deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, some of which were labeled as "possibly" or "probably" related to the vaccine. Given that HHS produced this document four months after Chairman Johnson's initial request, he called on Secretary Kennedy to immediately provide the Subcommittee with the remaining responsive records. "We must speed up the discovery process. As a result, I am requesting, at your earliest convenience, a meeting with you and the officials within HHS that can discuss how to make that happen," Chairman Johnson wrote. "The public deserves complete transparency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. HHS must ensure that there is no delay in achieving that objective," Chairman Johnson concluded. This recent letter to HHS follows a series of revelations uncovered by Chairman Johnson's Subcommittee relating to the Biden administration's failure to warn the public about the safety risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines, including myocarditis and ischemic stroke . Nearly two weeks ago, Chairman Johnson held a hearing and issued an interim Majority staff report showing that Biden health officials knew their COVID-19 vaccine safety analytic system was insufficient and they refused to implement a superior, updated system that could better detect safety signals for vaccine adverse events. In addition to uncovering the Biden administration's efforts to downplay and ignore serious COVID-19 vaccine adverse events, to date, Chairman Johnson has released over 5,000 pages of HHS records supporting the Subcommittee's findings. Read more about the chairman's letter in Catherine Herridge's reporting here . Full text of the letter to HHS can be found here . ###

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PSI Chairman Johnson to Secretary Kennedy: HHS Must Speed Up Production of Relevant Records on COVID-19 Vaccines WASHINGTON - Yesterday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ("PSI" or "the Subcommittee"), sent Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), a letter calling for the immediate production of records relating to pediatric deaths following COVID-19 vaccination. In response to Chairman Johnson's December 15, 2025 letter about an internal Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") document acknowledging that the COVID-19 vaccines led to the death of at least 10 children, HHS produced another internal memorandum containing more information about pediatric deaths. This December 5, 2025 FDA memorandum described 96 pediatric deaths following COVID-19 vaccination, some of which were labeled as "possibly" or "probably" related to the vaccine. Given that HHS produced this document four months after Chairman Johnson's initial request, he called on Secretary Kennedy to immediately provide the Subcommittee with the remaining responsive records. "We must speed up the discovery process. As a result, I am requesting, at your earliest convenience, a meeting with you and the officials within HHS that can discuss how to make that happen," Chairman Johnson wrote. "The public deserves complete transparency about the safety of the COVID-19 vaccines. HHS must ensure that there is no delay in achieving that objective," Chairman Johnson concluded. This recent letter to HHS follows a series of revelations uncovered by Chairman Johnson's Subcommittee relating to the Biden administration's failure to warn the public about the safety risks associated with the COVID-19 vaccines, including myocarditis and ischemic stroke . Nearly two weeks ago, Chairman Johnson held a hearing and issued an interim Majority staff report showing that Biden health officials knew their COVID-19 vaccine safety analytic system was insufficient and they refused to implement a superior, updated system that could better detect safety signals for vaccine adverse events. In addition to uncovering the Biden administration's efforts to downplay and ignore serious COVID-19 vaccine adverse events, to date, Chairman Johnson has released over 5,000 pages of HHS records supporting the Subcommittee's findings. Read more about the chairman's letter in Catherine Herridge's reporting here . Full text of the letter to HHS can be found here . ###