RT @HelenBranswell: A very big study from Denmark generates some reassuring findings about aluminum in childhood vaccines, finding no assoc….

RT @doritmi: Dr. @RetsefL claims about Nirsevimab - which, as Dr. Kulldorff pointed out, is not actually the product being voted on right n….

Here's our story providing important context to the announcements made in yesterday's #ACIP meeting that the new panel intends to revisit both hepatitis B vaccination at birth and the "cumulative effect" of the immunization schedule.

In #ACIP meeting, Kulldorf suggests panel will revisit hepatitis B vax recs, echoing RFK Jr.'s misinformation about this vaccine. For actual info on why hep B is given at birth, see the hep B section in this story:

A minor issue compared with everything else, but #ACIP meeting slides for today (happening now!) list Martin Kulldorff as having an MD. He is a former professor of medicine but doesn't have a medical degree. He has a PhD. RFK Jr. also made this mistake when naming him to ACIP.

RT @matthewherper: Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative. By….

Folks should view the agenda (pull up a past mtg for comparison). A large number of presentations still TBD, & a small number of people doing many presentations. The Federal Register notice for the mtg said nothing about MMRV (or thimerosal specifically).

RT @maxdkozlov: An NIH staffer reacts to today's ruling:. "I'm looking forward to the day that we are so slammed with work trying to reinst….

RT @HelenBranswell: This is the big one: Kennedy is firing the entire #ACIP in a move he says is needed to restore confidence in vaccines.….

RT @HelenBranswell: Calling medical journals "corrupt," Kennedy says gov't scientists may be barred from publishing in Lancet, NEJM, etc go….

RT @HelenBranswell: #FDA signals a new approach to #Covid vaccines, one that several experts suggest has the regulatory agency driving outs….

RT @maxdkozlov: With NIH director Jayanta Bhattacharya dismissing my reporting as "false" and "spreading rumors" hours before releasing a p….

RT @KevinH_PhD: After 21 years at my dream job, I’m very sad to announce my early retirement from the National Institutes of Health. My lif….

RT @ddiamond: RFK Jr vowed to have answers on what causes autism by September. He appeared to have overstated the goal: Trump officials ar….

RT @michaelmina_lab: Measles is spreading. Under vaccinated communities are getting bigger in size and number. Like bubbles, as these commu….

RT @HelenBranswell: #FDA “as we’ve known it is finished. I believe that history will see this a huge mistake." — former director Robert….

Not an April Fool's joke. Important reporting by @HelenBranswell @owermohle .

RT @HelenBranswell: In his (forced) resignation letter, the #FDA's former chief vaccine regulator Peter Marks pulls no punches. He tried to….

RT @RetractionWatch: "A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been t….

RT @ScottGottliebMD: Over 20 years ago FDA directed manufacturers to reformulate pediatric vaccines by removing thimerosal, an ethylmercury….