Study: Receipt of Multiple Childhood Vaccines ‘Most Dominant Modifiable Risk Factor’ for Autism
A recent meta-analysis report from the McCullough Foundation has identified routine childhood vaccination as the “most dominant modifiable risk factor” for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Drawing from more than 300 peer-reviewed studies, the analysis compared risk factors contributing to the drastic spike in autism and found one clear factor that stood out as the most […]
CDC Looking to Break Up MMR Vaccine?
On Oct. 6, 2025, the acting director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Jim O’Neill, called on the manufacturers of the live attenuated MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine to break up the biologic and develop separate shots for the three diseases it targets. “I call on vaccine manufacturers to develop safe […]
Pneumococcal Vaccines Ineffective at Reducing Hospitalizations and Deaths
Despite decades of public health campaigns promoting pneumococcal vaccination to prevent pneumonia and related deaths, new real-world evidence suggests the shots may not be delivering the expected benefits. A 2025 population-based cohort study of more than 2.2 million adults in Catalonia, Spain, published Oct. 21, 2025 in BMC Infectious Diseases, found that recipients of pneumococcal […]
Former FDA Director Regulating Vaccines Joins Eli Lilly
The former director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), Peter Marks, MD, PhD, who was responsible for the agency’s regulation of the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, joined drug giant Eli Lilly and Company after resigning from the agency on Mar. 28, 2025.1 Dr. Marks alleged […]
Sanofi Reports Decline in Flu Vaccine Sales
Sanofi SA reported a decline in vaccine sales for the third quarter of 2025, citing reduced vaccination rates and increased pricing competition in Europe and the United States. The company’s legacy vaccine business dropped nearly eight percent to €3.36 billion (US$3.9 billion), while influenza and COVID-19 shot sales fell 17 percent to €1.53 billion (US$1.78 […]
Actor Loses Lawsuit After Being Fired On Set for Refusing COVID-19 Shot
Rockmond Dunbar, who appeared in the television hit series 9-1-1, lost a lawsuit in which he argued that he was unjustly fired from the show in 2022 for refusing to take a COVID-19 shot. An eight-member federal jury unanimously sided with 20th television, a Disney owned television studio.1 Dunbar, who played Michael Grant on the […]