{"id":16443,"date":"2026-06-18T11:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&#038;p=16443"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:20:42","slug":"is-a-journal-hiding-the-link-between-vaccines-and-sids","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/is-a-journal-hiding-the-link-between-vaccines-and-sids\/","title":{"rendered":"Is a journal hiding the link between vaccines and SIDS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row source=&#8221;&#8221; text=&#8221;Clinical Trials&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Claim:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]HHS Secretary RFK Jr. recently sent a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecKennedy\/status\/2066551769006538847\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to a journal that had published an article that claimed vaccines cause SIDS, but later\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2214750021001268\">retracted<\/a>\u00a0the article. In the letter, RFK Jr. says he cares about \u201cresearch integrity and academic freedom.\u201d He asks the journal to explain why it removed the article.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;The Facts:&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h3|text_align:left&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2214750021001268\">explained<\/a>\u00a0why the article was removed. It said there were serious problems with the way the author,<a href=\"https:\/\/thinkchoice.com\/gateway.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0Neil Z Miller,<\/a>\u00a0used VAERS data to suggest a link between vaccination and sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS.<\/p>\n<p>In fact,\u00a0the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/news-room\/fact-checked\/fact-checked-there-is-no-link-between-vaccines-and-sudden-infant-death\/\">best studies<\/a>\u00a0do not show that vaccines cause SIDS. Some studies found no change in SIDS risk after vaccines. Other studies found that babies who got vaccines had a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/europepmc.org\/article\/MED\/17400342\">lower risk<\/a>\u00a0of SIDS. Experts do not say vaccines prevent SIDS\u00a0because families who vaccinate on time may also do other things that lower risk. But the evidence does not show that vaccines raise the risk of SIDS.<\/p>\n<p>Miller using VAERS is a problem, of course.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/science\/vaccinesafety\/\">VAERS<\/a>\u00a0is a vaccine safety reporting system. Doctors, patients, and family members can use it to report health problems that happen after a vaccine. These reports are important because they help experts look for possible safety concerns. But a VAERS report does not prove that a vaccine caused the problem. It only means the health problem happened sometime after vaccination. More study is needed to find out whether the vaccine played a role.<\/p>\n<p>This is why VAERS data must be used carefully. VAERS reports\u00a0do not prove cause and effect.\u00a0Reports may be incomplete, incorrect, coincidental, or hard to verify, so experts must study them with stronger research methods before drawing conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>The journal said the article\u2019s conclusions were not supported by the method used. Because the article could affect medical decisions, the editor decided it should be removed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies don&#8217;t link vaccines to SIDS. A journal retracted Neil Z Miller&#8217;s article for misusing VAERS data; RFK Jr. questioned the removal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[199,305,298,207,218,278],"class_list":["post-16443","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-childhood-vaccines","jtf_topic_subjects-infants","jtf_topic_subjects-rfk","jtf_topic_subjects-sids","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","jtf_topic_subjects-vaers","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16445,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/16443\/revisions\/16445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=16443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}