RFK Jr's autism 'epidemic' study raises anti-vaxx fears

Kennedy, a vaccine sceptic who has long promoted disproven theories linking childhood vaccines to autism, said Thursday that hundreds of scientists would determine by September why autism rates have been rising. "And we'll be able to eliminate those exposures," he added, in a comment widely considered to be a reference to vaccines. However autism organisations, doctors and scientists rejected the idea that there is an "autism epidemic", saying five months was not enough time for such a study --...