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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made a dramatic about-face in the agency's position on the relationship between vaccines and autism. The CDC's website now says a link between ...

The CDC said the claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not evidence-based. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its webpage on autism and vaccines on Wednesday, stating a ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recast the vaccine safety section of its website to question the long-held stance that vaccines do not cause autism, countering decades of scientific ...

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Scientific information on the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website was replaced Wednesday with anti-vaccine talking points that don’t rule out a link between vaccines and autism, ...

In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay ...