Summary:

• Study found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children

• Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety, efficacy

• Study was funded by the Danish government and published in July in the Annals of Internal Medicine

Aug 11 (Reuters) - An influential U.S. medical journal is rejecting a call from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to retract a large Danish study that found that aluminum ingredients in vaccines do not increase health risks for children, the journal’s editor told Reuters.

Kennedy has long promoted doubts about vaccines’ safety and efficacy, and as health secretary has upended the federal government’s process for recommending immunization. A recent media report said he has been considering whether to initiate a review of shots that contain aluminum, which he says are linked to autoimmune diseases and allergies.