NIH Board Chair Jack Leslie Votes Against RFK Jr. Vaccine Injury Clinic While Advising Pfizer and Moderna at Weber Shandwick

NIH board chair with active vaccine industry PR contracts led opposition to a new federal vaccine injury clinic and supplied the statement to the New York Times. The episode illustrates alignment between regulatory advisory roles and the commercial clients those roles are meant to oversee. Primary documents confirm the timeline of Leslie's appointment, the CDC contract termination, and the omitted client list.