In yet another blow against anti-vaccine junk science, a federal special master ruled that there is no credible scientific evidence linking vaccines to autism.
In one of the cases, George and Victoria Mead of Portland, Oregon argued before a special master appointed by the United States Court of Federal Claims that their son William's autism was caused by mercury in the vaccine preservative thimerosal. The couple's attorney claimed that these vaccines cause brain swelling that results in autism.
This comes just a month after The Lancet retracted a paper claiming there was a link between vaccines and autism.
Apologies for the short diary--this story just broke.