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The claim that vaccines cause autism is scientifically false and has been repeatedly debunked by decades of extensive medical research [1, 2, 12]. While the CDC's website was revised in late 2025 to cast doubt on this consensus [7, 10], major health organizations like the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Medical Association maintain that there is no link and that these revisions are not evidence-based [1, 3, 9]. The Autism Science Foundation described the recent CDC changes as distorted science that rejects decades of peer-reviewed data 8. Experts from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia note that studies suggesting a link are critically flawed 11, and Autism Speaks clarifies that while the timing of diagnosis may coincide with the vaccine schedule, this does not indicate causation 5. The myth continues to be perpetuated by misguided scientists and politicians rather than clinical evidence [4, 6].