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The Brian Lehrer Show

Vaccine Status and Other Public Health News

The Brian Lehrer Show

WNYC

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4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Chelsea Cirruzzo talks about some of the recent federal public health directives on autism and immunizations, and what the science shows.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the Brian Lair Show on WNYC.

0:13.7

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom, filling in for Brian today.

0:19.6

Shanatova. Happy New year to all who are celebrating.

0:23.4

Coming up on today's show, our election series, 30 Issues in 30 Days, is on issue number two,

0:29.8

the housing-related ballot questions that will be on New York City ballots this November.

0:34.7

My guest will be WNYC and Gothamist housing reporter David Brand. Plus, for Climate Week

0:40.8

NYC, which happens every year in conjunction with the UN General Assembly, we'll talk about how

0:46.4

countries around the world are dealing with the climate-related challenges now that the United

0:51.5

States, under President Trump, has fully deprioritized combating climate change.

0:56.8

And we'll wrap today's show with a conversation about the cultural significance of sorries.

1:02.2

This is connected to an exhibition at the New York Historical,

1:05.3

and we'll want to hear from those of you who wear sorries on their importance to you and your community.

1:15.8

But first, we're starting with the health portion of Health and Climate Tuesday on the Brian Laird Show, and once again, we look at policies coming out of RFK Jr.'s HHS.

1:22.4

Yesterday, there was a press conference at the White House.

1:26.1

Today, we're delighted to be joined by America's top medical and public health professionals

1:31.3

as we announced historic steps to confront the crisis of autism.

1:36.3

Horrible, horrible crisis.

1:39.3

At that lengthy evening event, the president made claims linking the use of acetaminifin during pregnancy

1:45.9

as a cause of autism. Acetaminifin, of course, is the drug in Tylenol. There was considerable

1:52.7

pushback from the medical and scientific community on the interpretation of the data. The president

1:58.0

also weighed in on a number of the number and volume of childhood vaccinations.

2:03.3

Plus, at the end of last week, the CDC's advisory committee on immunization practices or ASIP

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