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In 1971, the FDA approved the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, which combined three vaccines that had been approved previously—in 1963, 1967, and 1969, respectively.
The vaccine has proven safe and effective and has been widely administered around the world for decades.
But in 1998, a paper describing 12 children who received the MMR and later developed autism or other disorders planted seeds of doubt about the vaccine’s safety.
The paper was later retracted, and several large studies have since shown no association between vaccines and autism, but the idea persists among some groups that vaccines cause autism.
In the
March 14 episode of
Public Health On Call, vaccinologist
Daniel Salmon, PhD ’03, MPH, director of the
Johns Hopkins Institute for Vaccine Safety, spoke with
Josh Sharfstein, MD, about how this idea took hold and why it’s been so hard to dispel. This Q&A is adapted from that conversation……..
https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evidence-on-vaccines-and-autism
………..Vaccines do not cause autism. A small study in 1998 suggested a link between vaccinations and autism spectrum disorder.
The study was reviewed further and retracted. In addition, the author's medical license was revoked due to falsified information.
Since then, numerous studies have debunked a connection between autism and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
In April 2015, JAMA published the largest study to date, analyzing the health records of over 95,000 children. About 2,000 of those children were classified at risk for autism because they had a sibling already diagnosed with autism.
The study confirmed that the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk for
autism spectrum disorder………
Vaccines do not cause autism. It is possible that the timing of an autism diagnosis or onset of autism symptoms might coincide with the recommended vaccine schedule for children, but this is a coincidence, not a cause.
Vaccines and autism
Scientists have conducted extensive research all over the world over the last two decades to examine the link between childhood vaccinations and autism.
The result of this research is clear: vaccines do not cause autism.
Additionally, vaccination can protect children from many preventable diseases like measles…….
https://www.autismspeaks.org/do-vaccines-cause-autism