The CDC altered a webpage Wednesday dealing with autism and vaccines to state that the idea that vaccines don’t cause autism “is not an evidence-based claim.”
The page notes that “studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism,” adding that “Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.”
The development was first reported by The New York Times.
The site now contains information often cited by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including that the rise in autism diagnoses since the 1980s coincides with more childhood vaccines administered.
“Though the cause of autism is likely to be multi-factorial, the scientific foundation to rule out one potential contributor entirely has not been established,” the CDC now says.
The page still contains a header reading “Vaccines do not cause Autism.” A note at the bottom states that the header is remaining following an agreement with Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a medical doctor who has sparred with RFK Jr.
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