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The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plan to study potential links between vaccines and autism , despite evidence showing no connection. The study was requested by Trump administration officials, according to two people familiar with the plan. Experts have criticised the study as a waste of resources, emphasising that vaccines do not cause autism.
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention are planning a study into the potential connections between vaccines and autism, according to two people familiar with the plan, despite overwhelming scientific evidence there is no link between the two. The request for the study came from Trump administration officials, said the two people familiar with the plan, who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. US President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Kennedy have repeatedly linked vaccines to autism . Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, has disparaged vaccines for years. A previous Washington Post examination found since 2020, Kennedy has linked autism to vaccines in at least 36 appearances, despite the evidence to the contrary.
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