Broke California will begin the new decade with crushing debt and wholesale elimination of human services. Meanwhile, President Obama has rankled Congressional Democrats with plans to earmark millions of dollars in NIH funds to find the causes and cures of autism.
David Kirby | Posted 06.10.2009 | Living
Now, in one of the largest, boldest studies of its kind, researchers in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Northern California will begin collecting data on many potential risk factors of autism.
David Kirby | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living
If we are going to find the actual environmental triggers to autism, we had better get busy.
Jim Carrey | Posted 04.22.2009 | Living
Can we afford to ignore vaccines as a possible cause of rising numbers of children with Autism, when they are one of the fastest growing elements in our children's environment?
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 04.02.2009 | Living
I've tried to understand the anti-vaccination thought process. From my point of view, vaccines are good things, and I have a problem with the story the anti-vaxers are telling.
Jacob Dickerman | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living
It doesn't matter what the science says, because these people don't care about science. Their argument is purely ideological, and does not belong in any discussion of scientific, medical, or political policy.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby | Posted 02.24.2009 | Living
We would love nothing more than to reassure parents that the nation's current vaccine program is 100% safe for all kids, and that zero credible evidence links vaccines with autism. But that simply isn't true.
Stanton Peele | Posted 02.18.2009 | Media
Because I can't avoid trouble, I'll point out that the HuffPo has been a principal outlet for the argument that there is a gigantic plot to foist lead (thimerosal)-based vaccines on children.
Ryan J. Davis | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics
The past few days haven't been good for vaccine-autism theorists.
David Kirby | Posted 02.11.2009 | Living
8:30 PM EST - UPDATE: I have confirmed the following information: Members of the US Justice Department's Office of Public Affairs have been caught s...
David Kirby | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics
Senator Daschle is not anti-vaccine, but his record shows his willingness to question -- and even oppose -- vaccine makers and big pharmaceutical interests when it comes to protecting the rights of American medical consumers.
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 10.23.2008 | Living
Will the next administration set serious goals of reversing the rate of autism diagnosis by the end of their term or just declare autism a national health emergency and let it go at that?
Holly Robinson Peete | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living
By using vaccines, we've been able to eradicate such diseases as smallpox, polio and measles. But the mercury used for decades as a preservative in the vaccinations is poison, pure and simple.
David Kirby | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living
It was a great honor to be invited to participate in the annual Judicial Conference of the United States Court of Federal Claims to talk about the vaccine-autism debate in America.
AP | KEVIN FREKING | Posted 05.12.2008 | Living
WASHINGTON — Parents claiming that childhood vaccines cause autism should not be rewarded by the courts when the scientific community has alread...
David Kirby | Posted 04.22.2008 | Living
No matter who is President next year, top government researchers will be examining the role of vaccines in autism and other childhood illnesses.
David Kirby | Posted 04.04.2008 | Living
The real problem here is the track record and credibility of the CDC to continue conducting any vaccine safety studies at all.
David Kirby | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living
Some researchers are reporting that mitochondrial dysfunction is probably much more common than the current estimate of 1-in-4,000 people. The potential implications for autism, then, are staggering.
David Kirby | Posted 03.07.2008 | Living
A big autism bomb went off yesterday, about how US medical personnel had determined that vaccines had aggravated a little girl's mitochondrial disorder, resulting in autism. Now, the American people are left to interpret what it all means.
Kim Stagliano | Posted 03.01.2008 | Living
Parents understand that drug companies lie, cheat, fudge data and advertise using fear to sell all of their products -- and that includes vaccines.
Harold Pollack | Posted 02.29.2008 | Living
Autism spectrum disorders are especially mysterious, varied, and frightening. Spreading debunked rumors will not help anyone here.
David Kirby | Posted 02.26.2008 | Living
Every American should read this document, and interpret for themselves what they think their government is trying to say about the relationship, if any, between immunizations and a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
David Kirby | Posted 02.25.2008 | Living
After years of insisting there is no evidence to link vaccines with the onset of autism spectrum disorder, the US government has quietly conceded a vaccine-autism case in the Court of Federal Claims.
David Kirby | Posted 11.30.2007 | Living
If an association between vaccines and autism has been completely "ruled out," then why are we spending taxpayer dollars to study autistic children's vaccination history?
Arthur Allen | Posted 09.27.2007 | Living
A New England Journal of Medicine study has added another brick to the wall of evidence closing out a link between vaccines and autism and other brain disorders.
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David Kirby | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living