CDC Picks Thimerosal Researcher for Vaccines, Autism Study
On Mar. 7, 2025, the Associated Press and other media sources reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is planning to conduct a study to determine possible links between vaccines and autism. In a prepared statement, the DHHS vaccine policymaking agency said that the “CDC will leave no stone unturned in its […]
Autism Rate for American Children Now 1 in 33 and Likely Worse
Opinion | If you do a Google search for the current prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among children in the United States, you will likely come across the rate of 1 in 36. That’s the rate that was confirmed by an analysis published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) epidemiological […]
Most U.S. Health Care Workers Reject COVID-19 Booster Shot This Year
A recent study published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) showed a decline in the uptake of COVID-19 shots among health care workers in the United States this year.1 During the 2023–2024 respiratory virus season, fewer than one in six health care personnel working in acute […]
Nearing the Unthinkable Scenario of 1 in 2 Children With Autism in the U.S.
The prevalence for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among eight-year-old children in the United States reached 1 in 36 last year. At least, that’s the rate that was confirmed by an analysis published in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) epidemiological digest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Mar. 24, 2023. That […]
Influenza Vaccines Only 42 Percent Effective in Adults This Year
The influenza vaccines currently being administered in the United States are estimated by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to be 42 percent effective in adults. This is an interim estimate for the 2023-2024 “flu season” published in the agency’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on Feb. 29, 2024.1 2 3 […]
CDC’s ACIP Vaccine Advisory Panel Lacks Leader and Voting Members
In making decisions about which vaccines should or should not be given to people and when developing childhood, adolescent and adult vaccination schedules, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heavily relies on recommendations provided by an outside group of 15 medical and public health professionals, who make up a panel known as […]