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Article: Childhood Vaccines Are Not Linked to Autism, Scientific Panel Finds.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- May 19, 2004
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By Scott Allen, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
May 19--Mercury in childhood vaccines does not appear to cause autism, a leading scientific panel concluded yesterday, hoping to resolve a controversy that has troubled the parents of young children for years. The panel said it is time for researchers to seek a different explanation for the rising incidence of the neurological disorder.
Reports of children diagnosed with autism following vaccinations soared after federal health officials acknowledged in 1999 that the growing number of recommended vaccines could be exposing children to elevated doses of mercury. Since then, ...