This Q & A interview was conducted by STAT News reporter, Helen Branswell, with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on August 14, 2017. The interview was published today on the STAT News website. Below is the actual transcript to the interview:

Helen: So when I had first approached you for this interview, the question I wanted to ask you related to the Vaccine Safety Commission. You had announced in January that you were going to head it, after you met with then President Elect Trump. It’s been a number of months now and there hasn’t been any public discussion. He made some comments in February about being interested in looking into autism but there hasn’t been anything else since. so we’ve been wondering, where does this stand? So I guess my first question to you is: Are you going to be heading a Vaccine Safety Commission set up by the White House or by President Trump? READ MORE.