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The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) began its December 4 and 5, 2025, meeting today, launching two full days of presentations, public comment and planned votes that could reshape how infants and children receive hepatitis B (HepB) vaccines and other routine immunizations.
A total of 37 infants have now been hospitalized amid an outbreak of infant botulism, a type of severe illness caused by botulinum toxin, federal health officials say.
The CDC changed its autism–vaccine webpage, creating debate among doctors, experts and lawmakers. The update uses new language about vaccines and autism, and this has raised concern from many medical groups.
HHS has launched a comprehensive assessment of the causes of autism, including investigations on plausible biologic mechanisms and potential causal links,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon said
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.
WASHINGTON (TNDD) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its vaccine page to say that “vaccines don’t cause autism” isn’t an evidence-based claim. The page was updated on Wednesday.
According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, research plans to investigate all the possible causes of autism are in the works.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, ending months of confusion about the vaccine in Maryland. The new guidance advises people 65 and older to consult a doctor or pharmacist before getting ...
In a revision that has left medical experts stunned, the health agency’s website plays into anti-vaccine rhetoric with a ‘quirk of logic.’ In utterly bleak news, AI Overviews are now more accurate about the lack of a relationship between autism and vaccines than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The revision, made to the CDC’s “Autism and Vaccines” page, now says that the claim “vaccines do not cause autism” is not evidence-based. According to the new text, studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines may contribute to autism, and research that supports a potential link has been ignored by health authorities.