Another study finds no link between MMR vaccine and autism

According to a new study of more than 95,000 children, the vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella does not bring an increased risk of autism.  Researchers paid attention specifically to children who had older siblings with autism, or ASD, which puts them at a higher genetic risk of developing autism. They studied the risk of developing autism in children who received the MMR vaccine compared with those who didn't. It was found that there wasn't any harmful association between the MMR vaccine and the expansion of an autism spectrum. Recently, dozens of measles cases have been popping up in the United States, resulting in fears about a link between vaccines and autism. There is a lot of research indicating that there is no link between the MMR vaccine and autism spectrum disorder, but those beliefs continue to carry on. The study found that children who had an older sibling with autism were less likely to be vaccinated. "We're not sure as a scientific community what causes autism, but vaccines do not," said CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta. 

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