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Science has not failed. We have developed reliable early detection methods, expanded special education and improved behavioral and medical therapies. To think otherwise reveals a deep and willful ignorance of the history of autism and complexity.

Defying RFK Jr's new 'vaccine sceptic' leadership, states in the West and Northeast are joining forces to create their own health guidelines based on the recommendations of professional societies of pediatricians, gynecologists and family doctors.

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Vaccines are one of the best things you can do this fall and winter to stay healthy and minimize disruption. Here is the Who, What and When guide to vaccination against Covid-19, RSV and influenza in the upcoming "flu season."

Secretary Kennedy is putting Americans’ lives in danger, and he must resign.

"I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health."

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mRNA technology saved America’s bacon in 2020. Now RFK Jr. is defunding it. In reality, mRNA is by far the best vaccine option should a new viral outbreak strike because climate change is expanding mosquito habitat, or bird flu...

If the United States abandons mRNA, it will not simply be forfeiting a public health advantage. It will be ceding a strategic asset. In national security terms, mRNA is the equivalent of a missile defense system for biology.