RFK Jr weighs review of vaccines citing aluminum use, Bloomberg News reports

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

RFK Jr weighs review of vaccines citing aluminum use, Bloomberg News reports

Reuters
Wed, June 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM EDT 1 min read

(Reuters) -U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering asking a key government vaccine advisory panel to examine vaccines that contain aluminum ingredients, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing a source familiar with the matter.

Aluminum-containing adjuvants are ingredients that have been used in vaccines since the 1930s, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

An adjuvant, used in some vaccines, helps create a stronger immune response in people receiving the shot.

Aluminum salts are used in the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine such as Pfizer'sPrevnar, HPV vaccines such as Merck's Gardasil and hepatitis B vaccines.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-weighs-review-vaccines-170408984.html

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I thought the compound in vaccines that was questionable

was Mercury, not Aluminum.

[Eugene]

2. He blames aluminum salts for childhood allergies.

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-cancer-institute-flagged-topics-vaccines-autism-rfk-jr