Medical journal 'Lancet' retracts study linking vaccines to autism
The prestigious British medical journal The Lancet has retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease. The journal published the controversial paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues in 1998. That, in turn, prompted many British parents to abandon the vaccine, leading to a resurgence of measles. Subsequent studies found no proof the vaccine is connected to autism.





