Overview

• HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the July study biased and demanded its withdrawal in an August 1 opinion piece on TrialSite News.
• The Danish registry analysis of more than 1.2 million children born between 1997 and 2018 found no link between vaccine aluminum exposure and autoimmune, allergic, or neurodevelopmental disorders.
• Christine Laine emphasized that retraction is only warranted for serious errors or proven misconduct, neither of which apply to the study’s methodology or data handling.
• Lead author Anders Peter Hviid defended the research design, explaining that Denmark’s 98% childhood vaccination rate made an unvaccinated control group impractical.
• After correcting an administrative error in its supplementary materials in mid-July, the journal plans to publish authors’ and editors’ responses to reader and scientific critiques on its website.