The Trump administration´s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall´s flu vaccinations for just about every American - but only if they use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.
What is normally a routine step in preparing for the upcoming flu season drew intense scrutiny after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired the influential 17-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and handpicked replacements that include several vaccine skeptics.
The seven-member panel bucked another norm Thursday as it discussed the safety of a preservative used in less than 5% of U.S. flu vaccinations: It deliberated based only on a presentation from an antivaccine group's former leader - without allowing the usual public airing of scientific data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Kennedy´s advisers back flu vaccination, but not shots with a rarely used preservative
- by: ASSOCIATED PRESS
- 06.26.25
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Daily Mail
- 06/27/2025
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