‘No causal link between COVID vaccines and excess deaths’: Study at the heart of anti-vaccine hysteria retracted IFL Science | August 17, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/08/17/no-causal-link-between-covid-vaccines-and-excess-deaths-study-at-the-heart-of-anti-vaccine-hysteria-retracted/ A high-profile study claiming COVID-19 vaccines contributed to excess deaths across dozens of countries has been retracted by BMJ Public Health, which cited “misinformation” in how the paper framed its findings, reports Laura Simmons, health and medicine editor of IFL Science. The retraction lands weeks after the study’s lead author testified before a US Senate subcommittee, using the same data to suggest a vaccine-cancer link.