A source familiar with the planning of the Disease Control Center said that the centers of control and prevention of diseases begin to understand autism and the potential links between vaccines and autism.
The Disease Control Center is one of the agencies that operates under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health and Humanitarian Services, and it is the federal agency chosen by President Donald Trump Robert F. Kennedy Junior. Senate He confirmed the position In 52-48 vote last month.
The possibility of a link between vaccines and autism was He fled again and again By hundreds of scientific studies. But Kennedy made a personal file for himself as a Crusader anti-vaccine, and criticized the Covid-19 vaccine and Claiming immunization in childhood It is linked to autism. Founded also Defending children’s healthAnti -vaccine set.
Andrew Nixon, HHS spokesperson, said in a statement that the Center for Disease Control “provides” on “high -quality and transparent research” that the Americans expect.
CDC’s research plans were Reuters mentioned for the first time.
Studies can often take several years, at least. It is not clear what is the methodology of such a research, how it will be funded or when the results can be released or published.
About $ 419 million Eliminates autism research In the United States every year.
As President Trump said in his common speech to Congress, the rate of autism in American children has increased. The center of control over diseases will not leave any stone without being lost on its mission to find out exactly what is happening. “
Talk to Congress on Tuesday, Trump said: “For example, not long ago, and you cannot even believe these numbers, one in every 10,000 children suffer from autism. One in every 10,000, and now it is 1 out of 36. There is something wrong. One in 36, think about it, so we will discover what it is,” adding that there is “no one better” than Kennedy “to find out what is going on.”
Global Health Organization Estimates Over the past fifty years, global immunization efforts have provided at least 154 million people – the vast majority are infants.
The legend that causes childhood limitation that caused autism was proposed for the first time 27 years ago by a British doctor. I later banned From the practice of medicine in the United Kingdom.
Kennedy’s anti -vaccine claims were part of his independent presidential candidacy in 2024. He finally came out of the race and Trump, who adopted some Kennedy’s points in the movement “Make America healthy again”.
Director of the Center for Control of Diseases, Dave Wildon and Kennedy Return at least two decades In detailed scrutiny of vaccines as a cause of autism.
in Since 2005 Rolling Stone Kennedy cited a piece of a group to connect vaccines with neurological disorders, and Wildon, a Nongers man at the time. Who wants to take this conclusion for themselves? “
The news comes through The worst of the measles In the United States in the past five years. The outbreak of Texas and New Mexico exceeded 200 cases, and at least 23 people – most of whom are non -imprisoned children – were transferred to the hospital. A 6 -year -old child died in Texas last week, and health officials suspect an additional measles -related death in an adult in New Mexico.
Most cases around Texas boycott are concentrated with one of the highest rates of vaccination exemption in the state.
in Category Sunday was published on Fox News, Kennedy He called the decision To vaccinate a “character”. HHS secretary has not been directed to the public to obtain a measles-lubila vaccine, instead urges parents to consult with their health care providers.
