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Doctor Who Started Vaccine, Autism Debate in Ethics Row

Parent activists who say vaccines can trigger autism, and scientists who say that hypothesis has been discredited, agreed on one point last week. It won't change their debate if Dr. Andrew Wakefield -- the British doctor known widely for sparking international fear that vaccines cause autism -- loses his medical license for unethical behavior. Wakefield has been found guilty of acting unethically during the time he conducted the famous, and now retracted, 1998 case report of 12 children...Full Story
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