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UK Bans Doctor Who Linked Autism to Vaccine

by Associated Press, Posted May 24th 2010 8:49AM

Dr. Andrew Wakefield's findings were renounced by most of the authors. Credit: Shaun Curry, AFP / Getty Images
LONDON (AP) - Britain's top medical group ruled Monday that a doctor who claimed autism was linked to a childhood vaccine can no longer ...
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Lancet Retracts Study Linking Autism and Vaccines

by Brett Singer, Posted Feb 2nd 2010 1:56PM

Medical journal The Lancet has retracted the 1998 study linking autism and vaccines. CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen spoke to anchor Betty Nguyen about the issue. Cohen says that the 1998 study, which was conducted by Dr. ...
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Panel Calls Anti-Vax Doc Unethical, Supporters Don't Care

by Brett Singer, Posted Jan 29th 2010 10:30AM

The UK's General Medical Council (GMC) has ruled that anti-vaccination hero Dr. Andrew Wakefield acted "dishonestly and irresponsibly" when he conducted a 1998 study that suggested a possible link between the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine ...
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Doctor Who Linked Autism and Vaccines Faked Data

by Susan Wagner, Posted Feb 11th 2009 2:00PM

In 1998, the medical journal The Lancet published a paper that claimed there was a clear link between the MMR vaccine (measles, mumps, and rubella) and autism. As a result, parents of autistic children began clamoring for changes in the vaccines and ...
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