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Roundup: The false association between vaccines and autism

In light of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s U.S. Senate confirmation hearings this week, The Transmitter has rounded up our past coverage of the false association between vaccines and autism.

By The Transmitter

31 January 2025 | 1 min read

https://doi.org/10.53053/DUQD3431

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A scientist walks down a syringe towards a woman holding a child. — IIlustration by Jun Cen

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