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The HighWire · Episode 466

Aluminum adjuvants and autism: the study

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The White House is shaking up the vaccine world again, this time over aluminum. In this Episode 466 interview, Del Bigtree sits down with Brian Hooker, PhD, and board-certified emergency and integrative physician James Neuenschwander, MD, to unpack their 2026 paper on aluminum adjuvants, autoimmunity and autism spectrum disorder.

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Aluminum adjuvants, autoimmunity and autism spectrum disorder: a comprehensive mechanistic, neuropathological and (title continues) review, 2026
Hooker and Neuenschwander. Title as given in the episode description, which truncates it.
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