In a significant shift, the US Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr's Centers for Disease Control (CDC), on Thursday said that claims about vaccines not causing autism are not ‘evidence-based’.

Earlier, the CDC's website said that studies have shown there is no link between receiving vaccines and developing autism spectrum disorder.

It further added that health authorities have "ignored" studies supporting the link between the two.

RFK Jr. and Trump have promoted the theory that childhood vaccines are a cause of autism.

The agency said that ‘Vaccines do not cause autism’ has not been removed due to an agreement with the chair of the US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee that it would remain on the CDC website.

On its website, CDC stated that s

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