2025

Vaccine Integrity Project (VIP)

August 19, 2025, review of fall respiratory viruses (Influenza, COVID-19, RSV)

• Executive summary
• Event recording
• Slides

VIP’s review of fall respiratory viruses were based on the latest ACIP reviews using the Evidence to Recommendations (EtR) framework for each of the three viruses. ACIP information prior to VIP analyses can be found here:

• Influenza: February 2024 meeting | June 2024 meeting | October 2024 meeting | April 2025 meeting
• COVID-19: February 2024 meeting | June 2024 meeting | October 2024 meeting | April 2025 meeting
• RSV: February 2024 meeting | June 2024 meeting | October 2024 meeting | April 2025 meeting

December 2, 2025, review of universal hepatitis B birth dose

• Report
• Data modeling tool

About acetaminophen and autism

If you are getting questions following the recent announcement by federal officials related to acetaminophen use during pregnancy and development of autism, the following statements and resources may be helpful.

Statements

• ACOG statement
• AAP statement
• AAFP statement
• Autism Speaks statement

Resources

• ACOG’s Acetaminophen in Pregnancy FAQ
• AAP’s resource for parents on acetaminophen dosing in children
• CHOP’s resource for parents on acetaminophen safety in children and during pregnancy
• AAP’s resource for parents on autism, including info on leucovorin
• Autism Speaks webpage on causes of autism
• Autism Science Foundation and Vaccinate Your Family resource on vaccines and autism
• VEC’s autism and vaccines resources

2026

January 2026 HHS schedule changes: Statements and supporting information

• AAP statement: AAP Opposes Federal Health Officials’ Unprecedented Move to Remove Universal Childhood Immunization Recommendations
• Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) statement
• American Medical Association (AMA) statement
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) statement
• AAP webpage about the schedule for the public
• VEC’s webpages, “Science Behind the Vaccine Schedule” and “Global Immunization: Controlling the Spread of Disease,” specifically the section, “Variation among vaccine schedules”

Reviewed by Paul A. Offit, MD, on May 28, 2026