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Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021

Is there definite evidence that vaccines are linked to autism?

Eric Ferkenhoff, Lead Stories
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Peer-reviewed and replicated medical research shows no causation between vaccines and autism.  

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study on whether there was any causal relationship between vaccines and autism. Researchers studied all children born in Denmark over an eight-year period beginning in January 1991. The researchers found "strong evidence against the hypothesis that MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination causes autism." 

Among the findings was risk of autism was similar in vaccinated and unvaccinated children. 

The FDA has stringent protocols for approving vaccines and has pledged it will not sacrifice safety to speed a vaccine to market.  

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