Tag: children’s health
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An Historic Day for Children’s Health: The ACIP Vote Against Thimerosal Is a Long-Overdue Triumph of Knowledge Over Narrative
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Jun. 26, 2025) — Today, June 26, 2025, marks a watershed in the history of public health. In a decisive 5–1 vote, the U.S. Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) formally recommended against the continued use of thimerosal-containing influenza vaccines for children and pregnant women. While the headlines…
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After 61 Years of Silence, The Media Suddenly Discovers Conflicts of Interest at ACIP—The Very Moment RFK Jr. Initiates Reform Moves
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Jun. 13, 2025) — For thirty years, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) operated as one of the most powerful medical bodies in the United States—largely in the shadows, shielded from public scrutiny by a media that, astonishingly, never thought to ask even the most basic…