US CDC Intends to Fund Investigation on Vaccines and Autism (1)

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to fund a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute study examining links between vaccines and autism — a widely debunked theory that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said deserves further investigation.

The theory that immunizations may cause autism is a cornerstone of the anti-vaccine movement, which has been gaining in prominence since the Covid-19 pandemic and has been championed by Kennedy. The health secretary has refused to denounce the possibility that vaccines could cause autism, even in direct questioning by senators last week.

Kennedy has promised that the US ...