- A new study involving over 2.5 million U.S. children found no link between receiving the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine before age 2 and being diagnosed with autism.
- The findings reinforce existing evidence supporting MMR vaccine safety and come as U.S. MMR vaccination rates are declining and measles cases are at a 35-year high.
- Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has made conflicting statements, promoting the MMR vaccine while also questioning the scientific consensus on vaccine safety and autism links.
- The president previously suggested the combined MMR vaccine was 'bad' and should be split up, citing concerns about mercury and aluminum.
- The CDC, under Kennedy's leadership, controversially updated its webpage to suggest studies haven't ruled out a vaccine-autism link, despite decades of evidence disproving such claims, including the retracted 1998 Wakefield study.
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