Lancet retracts study linking vaccine to autism
Quick ReadTwelve years after publishing the study that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism, the renowned British medical journal retracted it.
Photo credit: Getty Images | Dr. Andrew Wakefield walks with his wife after speaking to reporters in London. Wakefield was the first clinician to suggest a link between autism in children and the triple vaccination for measles, mumps and rubella known as MMR. (Jan. 28, 2010)
Twelve years after publishing a study that linked the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease, a renowned British medical journal Tuesday retracted it.
British physician Andrew Wakefield reported an investigation in a February 1998 edition of The Lancet claiming a link between the MMR vaccine and the two medical conditions. And while never stating a cause and effect,...
