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2 days ago · He was struck off the medical register for his involvement in The Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that fraudulently claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism.
May 12, 2024 · The fraudulent research paper authored by Andrew Wakefield and published in The Lancet falsely claimed the vaccine was linked to colitis and autism spectrum disorders. The paper was retracted in 2010 but is still cited by anti-vaccine activists.
2 days ago · Wakefield's claims of a link between the MMR vaccine, autism and inflammatory bowel disease have been reported in the British Medical Journal as "based not on bad science but on a deliberate fraud", and the 1998 paper originally presenting his theory was retracted in 2010 by The Lancet.
4 days ago · MMR vaccinations don’t cause autism. The research that proposed a link between the MMR vaccine and autism has been completely discredited. The mercury-based preservative thiomersal is not linked with autism and is no longer used in children’s vaccinations. On this page: No link between autism and childhood vaccinations.
May 18, 2024 · The original study that raised the issue was published in 1998 in the journal the Lancet and involved 12 patients who, after receiving the MMR vaccine, suffered ill effects that appeared to be...
May 2, 2024 · Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that causes neurodiversity (differences in brain patterns). People with ASD may experience some difficulty with social...
May 17, 2024 · Since January, tens of thousands of parents of unvaccinated children aged under five have taken up the offer to get their unvaccinated children protected against the potentially life-threatening diseases of mumps, measles and rubella (MMR).
