The research that launched an enduring but apparently erroneous belief that autism is caused by a common childhood vaccination has been debunked, disclaimed -- and now debunked again.
Last February the British medical journal the Lancet retracted a study it had published in 1998 in which British researcher Andrew Wakefield suggested that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine triggered autism. Wakefield's science proved shoddy and his methods questionable.
Wednesday that stance was reinforced by the publication in another British medical journal, BMJ, of an analysis that finds Wakefield's research was in fact a fraud.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment