Aluminum in Vaccines Linked to Persistent Asthma

Children who receive all or most of the recommended aluminum-containing vaccines by age 2 are more likely to develop asthma, a CDC-funded study has found.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Children who received all or most of the recommended childhood vaccines that contain aluminum had, at least, a 36% higher risk of developing persistent asthma than children who received fewer vaccines

• There was a 1.26- and 1.19-times higher risk of persistent asthma for each additional milligram of vaccine-related aluminum exposure, resp…