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For more than 20 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the public that studies show no link between vaccines and autism. On Nov. 19, it revised its messaging, acknowledging that current evidence does not rule out a possible association.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention quietly updated a key page on its website which had indicated that vaccines do not cause autism to now suggest that the science is unsettled.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated a page on its website to suggest vaccines may cause autism, rejecting longstanding medical consensus on the topic and advancing a campaign from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
Public health experts warn that a major communication failure could worsen mistrust of vaccines, a problem brought to light by the CDC’s sudden revision of its long-standing autism and vaccines webpage.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pushing a widely discredited theory, suggesting the existence of a so-called link between vaccines and autism, and claiming that studies supporting the connection “have been ignored by health ...
Younger Americans are more likely than older people to say these changes have influenced their decision. Among adults under 30 who are familiar with the CDC’s changes, about half say these changes have had at least a minor influence. That compares with 36% of those 65 and older.
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