Myth or Fact? Vaccines cause autism.

April 4, 2016January 18, 2017 knowingneurons 52 Brain Facts, ASD, Autism, Brain, CDC, Center for Disease Control, Falsified Data, measles-mumps-rubella, Misinformation, MMR, Myth, Vaccination, Vaccine

Myth.

Click here to read a 2015 report released by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

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