The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $362,493 contract to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to investigate any links between vaccinations and autism spectrum disorder.

The definitive contract , awarded Tuesday just before the government shutdown, tasks the New York research university with an “investigation of the association between vaccinations and autism prevalence,” as the award description reads.

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