The CDC's vaccine advisory committee this week announced the creation of a working group to review the childhood vaccination schedule, including the timing and order of different vaccines and the safety of certain ingredients.
- An example topic for discussion, per the document, would be whether "either of the two different aluminum adjuvants increase the risk of asthma?"
The big picture: Vaccine skeptics, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have long questioned the scientific consensus that the small amount of aluminum used in vaccines is safe. Now, the federal government is poised to reopen the safety debate and potentially add guardrails.
