By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. An estimated 1 in 31 (3.22%) 8-year-old children had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis in 2022 — up from 1 in…
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by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. A key official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responsible for monitoring vaccine safety and reports of vaccine…
A suspected measles case in a 1-year-old child in Pima County, Arizona, turned out to be a reaction to the MMR vaccine — not measles.…
by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed it plans to study the possible link between vaccines and autism, after Reuters…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Merck cherry-picked vaccine injury data to prove its Gardasil HPV vaccine didn’t cause serious neurological side effects, according to an expert…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. An analysis of reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) found safety signals for 37 adverse events when…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) updated 2025 immunization schedule for children, adults and pregnant women published last month consisted largely of timing revisions,…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Measles vaccination rates worldwide dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic period and have not returned to their pre-pandemic levels, according to a report published…
By Tom Ozimek Health officials announced in an Oct. 30 update that the E. coli outbreak linked to onions used in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has…
by Josh Mitteldorf, Ph.D. A federal appeals court in Philadelphia last week handed down a decision that could have outsized effects on internet censorship. The U.S. Court of…
by Ray L. Flores II, Esq.Suzanne Burdick, Ph.D. Nine-month-old babies must receive multiple doses of an unlicensed mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be considered “up to…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. At least two infant deaths reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) as occurring after the babies mistakenly received Pfizer’s…
by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday voted to again recommend the COVID-19 vaccines in 2024 for all…
by Jacob M. Thompson “I really do think it’s very likely that we will, at some time, it’s not a question of if, it’s more…
by John-Michael Dumais One in nine U.S. children have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) — an increase of approximately 1 million since 2016 — according to…
By James P. Siepmann, MD Yes, it is true, smoking does not cause lung cancer. It is only one of many risk factors for lung…
by Jacob M. Thompson The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched a national dashboard that allows Americans to see the…
By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) told Children’s Health Defense (CHD) the agency has no records of certain internal…