Court: vaccines do not cause autism
March 12, 2010 by Leslie E. Packer PhD
Filed under News
In three decisions issued today, three masters of the U.S. Federal Court of Claims found that there was insufficient evidence linking vaccines to autism. The decisions come one year after similar rulings in three other test cases brought before the “vaccine court” as it is sometimes referred to. As disappointing as the rulings may be to parents who believe that there is a link, experts have consistently failed to convince the court that the combined effects of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine and thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in vaccines, causes autism.
The rulings can be appealed to the federal court.
