CDC Vaccine-Autism Page Still Cites Retracted 2010 Study as Cassidy Backs Nominee
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Updated · NOTUS · Jul 24
CDC Vaccine-Autism Page Still Cites Retracted 2010 Study as Cassidy Backs Nominee
2 articles · Updated · NOTUS · Jul 24
Summary
A CDC webpage revised this week to address vaccine-autism claims still references a 2010 hepatitis B study that was retracted in May.
The journal’s publisher said an independent statistical review found fundamental methodological flaws and that the study’s autism conclusion was not supported by the data.
The page was updated with language saying scientists have not identified autism’s root causes, a change Sen. Bill Cassidy called a good-faith step before backing CDC director nominee Erica Schwartz.
Cassidy’s support is expected to help Schwartz win Senate confirmation, while a July 30 committee vote was rescheduled for her but not for HHS nominee Sean Kaufman, whose vaccine comments drew criticism.