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4 Feb
A new study, published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, confirms previous studies’ claims that there is no verifiable link between the Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. An excerpt from the Reuters India article on the topic:
“This study really supports the view these are safe vaccines,” said David Brown, a researcher at Britain’s Health Protection Agency who worked on the study. “The evidence is now so solid there really isn’t a need for further studies here.”
The vaccine/autism debate is one of the most controversial topics in the autism community, often-times causing a divide. There are those who are certain that vaccines can cause autism and there are those who are equally certain that it doesn’t.
Read the entire story at Reuters India.
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