The nearly 40-year-old law that created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has received a lot of attention this month.

It’s Kennedy’s latest reform in how the country regulates vaccines. He replaced the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which recommends vaccine guidance. That panel recently voted to stop recommending flu shots with thimerosal.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday that he will work to "fix" the program that compensates victims of vaccine injuries, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.