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CDC to Re-Investigate Vaccines and Autism, Despite Decades of Evidence Showing No Link

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a large study looking into whether vaccination can cause autism.

Andrew Wakefield published a widely publicized study in 1998 that suggested a link between autism and the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine ( MMR ) Many studies have already examined this very question, and the vast majority have failed to find any link.

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