New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- Denying a causal link between vaccines and Autism, the World Health Organisation (WHO) refuted the claims recently made by the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
WHO conducted a fresh analysis after the US federal health agency under Donald Trump modified the long-standing guidance document on vaccine safety. The claim "vaccines do not cause autism" is not evidence-based, the CDC stated, challenging the earlier advisory.
The new analysis done by the Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS), established in 1999, countered CDC claims. "..based on available evidence, no causal link exists between vaccines and autism spectrum disorders (ASD)," the global health body said in a state...