Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed the language on a vaccine safety webpage, appearing to legitimize the long-disproven link between childhood vaccines and autism.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its webpage on autism and vaccines on Wednesday, stating a link between the two has been ignored despite many studies finding no such link.

NEW YORK (AP) — A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website has been changed to contradict the longtime scientific conclusion that vaccines do not cause autism, spurring outrage among a ...

The CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Ga. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has updated its website with anti-vaccine messaging that links childhood vaccines with autism, without citing any scientific ...

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The agency changed the language on one website page, saying that research has not “ruled out the possibility” that vaccines cause autism Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty The U.S. Centers for Disease ...