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Extensive scientific research and high-credibility medical organizations have consistently found that vaccines do not cause autism 25612. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that vaccines are not one of the causes of autism 2, and the Mayo Clinic notes that numerous studies have debunked a connection between the two 8. While the CDC recently updated its website language to suggest that an absolute negation is not an evidence-based claim under specific data quality guidelines 3, the National Medical Association (NMA) and other experts have responded by asserting that there is no credible scientific evidence demonstrating that vaccines cause autism 49. Research analyzing the health records of over 95,000 children, as well as a meta-analysis following 1.2 million children, provides strong evidence against the hypothesis that vaccines cause autism 811. Medical experts emphasize that autism is a complex spectrum likely caused by genetic and environmental influences, but not by immunization 2710.