"Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said in an interview with the New York Times that he personally instructed the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to change its longstanding position that vaccines do not cause autism. Countering decades of science showing vaccines to be safe, the US public health agency's website was changed to say: The claim vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism."
"In the interview, Kennedy said that while the large-scale epidemiological studies of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine had found no link to autism, and that studies of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal had also shown no link, there are gaps in the vaccine safety science. The whole thing about vaccines have been tested and there's been this determination made', is just a lie, Kennedy said in his first interview with a major print publication."
"Public health experts, doctors and scientists have decried the update as the kind of misinformation the CDC has fought for decades as it promoted the use of life-saving childhood vaccines both in the US and abroad. Notably, the largest US county's health department issued a statement Friday saying there is no new evidence to support the CDC website's change pertaining to vaccines and autism and the statement added that the modification is not accurate."
Robert F. Kennedy Jr instructed the CDC to revise its longstanding position on vaccines and autism, prompting a website change stating the claim that vaccines do not cause autism is not evidence-based. Kennedy acknowledged large epidemiological studies and thimerosal research found no link to autism but asserted gaps remain in vaccine safety science. Public health experts, doctors and scientists condemned the change as misinformation that undermines life-saving childhood vaccine efforts. The Los Angeles County health department stated there is no new evidence supporting the CDC modification, citing over 40 high-quality studies of more than 5.6 million children finding no vaccine-autism link, supported by major health authorities.
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