“A ruling issued last week by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration — to implement a provision of the 21st Century Cures Act, signed into law in December 2016 — makes it legal for clinical researchers to conduct research on human subjects without obtaining informed consent when the research poses ‘no more than minimal risk.’”
“Critics — including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., chairman-on-leave of Children’s Health Defense — said the move opens the door to dangerous testing on people without their knowledge or permission, beyond what U.S. citizens already endured during the rollout of experimental COVID-19 vaccines.”