Monday, August 11, 2025

Brief Blog: RFK Jr Requests Journal Retraction - Finding the Links

You may have heard that HHS has asked a top journal to retract a recent paper.  Find the links below.

The original study (Andersson) mined the records of 1.2M persons vaccinated over 24 years for certain risk/benefit issues.

  • See an August 11, 2025, Reuters article on the journal retraction issue, by Erman & Rigby, here.
  • See the August 1, 2025, Op Ed from HHS leadership here.
    • See an August 7, 2025, entry point to additional debate at TrialSiteNews here.
  • See the original Andersson et al. at Ann Intern Med here.   See July coverage at Stat here.