Experts said a recently published study that found a possible association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and persistent asthma in early childhood did not prove there was a link.
The American Academy of Pediatrics published a story online with comments from James D. Campbell, MD, MS, vice chairperson of its committee on infectious diseases, who said that he welcomed the research and stressed that safety is a top priority in pediatric vaccines.
“The overwhelming benefit of the vaccines and the long-term safety we’ve seen from them should reassure parents they should still completely vaccinate their children,” Campbell said.
The AAP included a statement from the CDC, which said it “agrees with the authors [of the study] that this single observational study has important limitations and does not show that aluminum in some childhood vaccines can cause development of persistent asthma.”