David M. Ayoub, MD

On May 28th, 2004 the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published its annual report (1) on their recommendations for prevention and control of influenza. The fifty-one page document is intended to provide the most updated scientific basis for the safe and effective use of influenza vaccination. The purpose of this report is to critically assess the CDC's current recommendations to include pregnant women amongst those who should receive the influenza vaccine.

David Ayoub, MD

Interview by Evelyn Pringle

To what degree of scientific certainty can we prove that current epidemic of autism was caused by the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, in childhood vaccines?

In response to this question, David Ayoub, MD, told Independent Media TV, "I can state that the certainty of the science supporting mercury as a major cause of autism is probably more overpowering than the science behind any other disease process that I studied dating back to medical school."