Can babies handle aluminum in vaccines?
AAP research finds vaccine aluminum helps build protection; the tiny amount is far below harmful levels, and most leaves the body through the kidneys.
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AAP research finds vaccine aluminum helps build protection; the tiny amount is far below harmful levels, and most leaves the body through the kidneys.
Vaccine recommendations should follow disease risk, safety, effectiveness, and evidence. HHS considers new categories and individual decisions.
MMR vaccines are not killing children. The Zenodo paper relies on VAERS data that cannot by itself show vaccines caused deaths.
Recommended vaccines for older adults may average one dose every few months, including flu, COVID, shingles, and RSV. Doses are not evenly spaced.
Vaccines are not as large as a soda bottle: one dose is about 0.5 mL, and the full childhood schedule through age 18 is roughly 31 mL.
Patrick Soon-Shiong did not say COVID vaccines cause colon or pancreatic cancer in children. The viral posts inserted words he never said.
The 82% miscarriage figure comes from removing 700 live births from a NEJM study’s denominator. The study itself found a 12.6% miscarriage rate.
Vaccines do not cause autism. Large studies, including a 2026 study of 2.5 million U.S. children after MMR vaccination, find no link.
Moderna’s COVID vaccine is not known to cause pulmonary infarction. Large studies found no higher risk of lung blood clots after vaccination.
WHO and UNICEF say tetanus vaccines do not contain hCG. Kenya’s vaccines were retested with better methods and found free of the pregnancy hormone.