Phyllis Arthur, EVP, Health Policy and Programs, “Vaccines are one of the most important and effective innovations for the defense of public health. They have saved millions of lives and drastically reduced or eliminated deadly and debilitating infectious diseases like smallpox, polio, and measles.Today’s pediatric vaccination schedule is specifically designed to protect American children during their period of greatest risk to infectious diseases.
“Additionally, extensive scientific research with hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and continuous safety monitoring over decades have consistently shown that vaccines and their ingredients do not cause autism.To continue suggesting there is a link without evidence is a disservice to finding causes and interventions that could help those living with autism and the families who support them. These suggestions will also cause confusion and erode confidence in vaccines with American families, exposing millions of people, particularly children, to the risk of being unprotected to serious infectious disease.”
Re: Docket No. CDC-2025-0454; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is appreciative of the opportunity to provide comments to the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in…
Dear Majority Leader Thune, Minority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson, and Minority Leader Jeffries:The Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA) is a coalition of independent state and territory based non-profit trade associations, each of…
Phyllis Arthur, EVP, Health Policy and Programs, “Vaccines are one of the most important and effective innovations for the defense of public health. They have saved millions of lives and drastically reduced or eliminated deadly and debilitating infectious diseases like smallpox, polio, and measles. Today’s pediatric vaccination schedule is specifically designed to protect American children during their period of greatest risk to infectious diseases.
“Additionally, extensive scientific research with hundreds of peer-reviewed studies and continuous safety monitoring over decades have consistently shown that vaccines and their ingredients do not cause autism. To continue suggesting there is a link without evidence is a disservice to finding causes and interventions that could help those living with autism and the families who support them. These suggestions will also cause confusion and erode confidence in vaccines with American families, exposing millions of people, particularly children, to the risk of being unprotected to serious infectious disease.”