The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn ...

In a rare move for a US public official, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr called for a Danish paper finding no link ...

It’s an unprecedented attempt by a U.S. cabinet official to bully both scientists and allied nations into submission.

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More than 5,500 claims have been filed by families seeking compensation through the government's Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, and Thursday's rulings dealt with the first three test cases ...

The claim gained momentum after a 1998 study suggested the MMR vaccine caused autism in children, Juan Dumois, M.D., a pediatric infectious diseases physician at Johns Hopkins All Children’s ...

Incidentally, the "evidence" on which the original claim that vaccines caused autism was based was just 12 children. But the campaign to convince the public was a masterpiece of propaganda.

Nearly 4,900 families have filed claims with the U.S. Court of Claims alleging vaccines caused autism and other neurological problems in their children.

Since its inception, the VICP has reviewed approximately 7,000 non-autism-related claims, including nearly 4,000 cases alleging injury or death from the DTP (Diptheria-Pertussis-Tetanus) vaccine.

NEW: Autism advocacy groups call for more research into causes of the disorder Autism not caused by specific vaccines, special court rules Panel of "special masters" issues decisions on three test ...

The special U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that vaccines could not have caused the autism of an Oregon boy, William Mead, ending his family's quest for reimbursement.