Politico November 21, 2025
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WEBSITE CHANGE FALLOUT — Changes to the CDC’s webpage on vaccines and autism are raising alarms for medical societies and some members of Congress, while Make America Healthy Again supporters applaud the move.
The CDC removed reassurances that vaccines don’t cause autism and instead added statements suggesting the two are linked.
“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities,” the website now reads.
Many large studies have found no link between vaccines and autism, and the changes to the CDC’s website upend years of work by the agency to combat misinformation.
Here’s what key groups were saying Thursday about the CDC’s shifting position on vaccines.
HHS: “This is a common-sense update that brings CDC’s website...
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