Revisiting Speaking Truth to Power: A Return to Its Roots

In comments submitted for consideration by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at its December 2025 meeting, DPH laid out the value of including hepatitis B vaccination during infancy. DPH urged the committee not to change the current hepatitis B vaccination protocol, which has proven safe and highly effective.

In response to claims by the Trump administration that COVID19 vaccines caused 25 pediatric deaths, Defend Public Health reviewed the scientific evidence from rigorous vaccine safety surveillance systems and expert published reports to demonstrate how we know that COVID19 vaccines do not cause pediatric deaths, and why the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) alone cannot be used to claim that vaccines cause adverse events.

With Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to announce what he believes are the causes of autism this month, Defend Public Health is preemptively warning the public not to trust anything that he says on the subject without confirming with other sources. To arm the public with the facts, DPH has released a summary of what is known about the risk factors for autism spectrum disorder, including the extensive evidence that vaccines are not to blame.