CDC website altered to reflect RFK Jr’s belief in link between vaccines and autism

Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the vaccine safety' webpage

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website has been changed to reflect the belief of Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health and human services secretary, that there is a link between vaccines and autism, a view flatly contradicted by experts and scientifically validated studies.

Public health and autism specialists roundly condemned the alteration to the CDC's vaccine safety" webpage, after it was changed to read: The statement Vaccines do not cause autism' is not an evidence-based claim."