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Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

December 5, 2025

The recent revision to the CDC website includes the statement “vaccines do not cause autism is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism”

This is a confusing, deceptive and misleading statement !

Childhood vaccines have been studied extensively and rigorously both for safety and efficacy. Childhood vaccines have saved countless lives and prevented billions of devasting life-threatening and disabling infections. Childhood vaccines DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM !!!

We have listed several studies below to rigorously completed peer-reviewed studies that support vaccine safety and effectiveness.

Kids showing their vaccine bandaid
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Vaccine Studies for Review

Aluminum Salts (Alum):
Aluminum-Adsorbed Vaccines and Chronic Diseases in Childhood:  A Nationwide Cohort Study Oct 2025 – Ann Intern Med.: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00997

Hepatitis B:
Universal Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth (Safety, Effectiveness, and Public Health Impact) – Vaccine Integrity Project, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, Dec 2, 2025: View the pdf

Covid:
COVID-19 Vaccination and Odds of Post–COVID-19 Condition Symptoms in Children Aged 5 to 17 Years, JAMA, Feb 2025: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2830556#google_vignette

Covid, Flu and RSV:
Updated Evidence for Covid-19, RSV, and Influenza Vaccines for 2025–2026, NEJM, Oct 2025: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa2514268

Multiple Vaccines:
Fact Checked: Receiving Multiple Vaccines Does Not Overwhelm a Child’s Immune System, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2025: https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/fact-checked/fact-checked-receiving-multiple-vaccines-does-not-overwhelm-a-childs-immune-system

Reach Out and Read

January 18, 2025

Thanks to our partnership with Reach Out and Read, Rhode Island, each child at Pediatric Associates gets a new, unused book at every well visit from birth to 5 years old to take home and read with their family.  Our waiting room has bookcases full of gently used books for children to enjoy while they wait for their appointments, or to bring home to enjoy.

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