In response to the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website update implying a possible link between vaccines and autism, AIBS joined the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and other organizations representing the scientific and medical community in a letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) expressing deep concern.
The letter noted that despite swift reaffirmations from leading U.S. and international health authorities that vaccines do not cause autism, the CDC webpage remains online. The groups warned that such misleading federal communication risks worsening already fragile public confidence amid rising vaccine-preventable diseases. They urged CDC to correct the webpage, strengthen internal scientific review of public communications, and ensure evidence-based guidance remains central to federal health messaging.
The letter also calls on the HELP Committee to exercise oversight to “ensure CDC and other federal science agencies uphold their critically important evidence-based communication practices.”
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