Vaccines and Autism – Answering the Wrong Questions

By canary | April 3, 2013 |

Editorial by Katie Weisman, Canary Party, Executive Director and SafeMinds Board Member Now that World Autism Awareness Day has passed, let’s assess where we truly stand.  Last week, two studies were reported and spun by the CDC in the annual countdown to Autism Awareness Month, also known as “Let’s see if blue lights and awareness…

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Send us the information on your meetings with Congress

By canary | February 18, 2013 |

This week we begin to ask our members of Congress to follow up on the Autism Epidemic hearings held in the Committee on Oversight & Government Reform in November of last year.  As you schedule and hold meetings and calls with your representatives, please input the information here so that we can keep track of…

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Congress slams NIH, CDC reps for evading vaccine/autism evidence

By canary | November 30, 2012 |

Inept, disjointed agencies waste almost $1 billion, seek more funds A government health agency director who a decade ago proposed diluting vaccine/autism data was one of two testifiers interrogated at a Congressional hearing yesterday on the federal government’s poor response to the autism epidemic costing the U.S. $137 billion a year. Dr. Coleen Boyle, director…

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The Autism Hearings in the Government Affairs Committee

By canary | November 30, 2012 |

Yesterday was a hallmark day in the vaccine/autism story.  For the first time in ten years, Congress took up the issue of vaccine/autism causation and families who care about this issue were pleasantly surprised to find that Congress is figuring out that there is a serious problem in the vaccine program.   Watch the full hearing here.…

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The Canary Party Endorses Craig Huey

By canary | October 30, 2012 |

Because of his commitment to the rights of parents to make their own medical decisions for their children, The Canary Party Endorses Craig Huey for the California State Assembly.  http://www.craighuey.com/

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