Forbes March 8, 2025
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intend to do a large study to examine a possible connection between autism and childhood vaccines, in spite of there being a substantial body of research showing that vaccines and autism are not linked. By revisiting debunked theories that connect autism to the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, this could undermine the public’s confidence and lead to further vaccine hesitancy.
More than a quarter century ago, s small study by a (former) gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield and colleagues suggested a link between the MMR vaccine —used to protect children from a variety of serious or potentially fatal diseases—and autism spectrum disorder, a condition related to abnormal brain development that causes problems in social interaction...
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