“New Study Rejects MMR Link to Autism Rise”

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A British study shows that improved diagnosis is the real cause of an apparent surge in the number of cases of autism. The research rejects the notion that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism and that the inoculation has spawned a new type of autism. The researchers say that parents have only started to connect their child’s autism to MMR vaccination after media coverage of a study suggesting that a link existed. The current study is published in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood.

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